The Trick Is to Keep Breathing -

Janice Galloway

Dalkey Archive Press

1995

236 páginas

7h 52m

ISBN-10: 1564780813

Janice Galloway's inventive first novel is about the breakdown of a 27-year-old drama teacher named Joy Stone. The problems of everyday living accumulate and begin to torture Joy, who blames her problems not on her work or on the accidental drowning of her illicit lover, but on herself. While painful and deeply serious, this is a novel of great warmth and energy: it's the wit and irony found in moments of despair that prove to be Joy's salvation. First published by Polygon in 1989 and Dalkey Archive Press in 1994, now available again.

Resenhas (1)

4 (Muito bom)

One of the most profound books I've ever read. Deep, dark, guides the reader to the core of sadness, but truthful after all. Best read when you're all 'rise and shine!'. Four stars 'cause its clear in its darkness, but sometimes I just wanted to throw it away and never touch it again.