Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)

by Hazel Jane Plante
Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)
  • ISBN-13: 9780994047199
  • Author(s): Hazel Jane Plante
  • Subject: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
  • Publisher: Metonymy Press
  • Imprint: Metonymy Press
  • Publication Date: 31-10-2019
  • Format: p/b

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£12.99
Experimental novel LITTLE BLUE ENCYCLOPEDIA (FOR VIVIAN) tells the unrequited love story of two transwomen. Using humour, meticulous character sketches, memories, and interludes with others who knew Vivian, our narrator painstakingly reveals the woman she loved, why she loved her, and the depths and details of what she has lost.LITTLE BLUE asks, what do we value about those we admire? How do the tastes of those we've lost infuse our own? And how do we bend our lives to fit those we love, even as we can never know them completely?
About the book

Experimental novel LITTLE BLUE ENCYCLOPEDIA (FOR VIVIAN) tells the unrequited love story of two transwomen. Using humour, meticulous character sketches, memories, and interludes with others who knew Vivian, our narrator painstakingly reveals the woman she loved, why she loved her, and the depths and details of what she has lost.LITTLE BLUE asks, what do we value about those we admire? How do the tastes of those we've lost infuse our own? And how do we bend our lives to fit those we love, even as we can never know them completely?

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