Defenestrate

256 pages

English language

Published Nov. 11, 2022 by Bloomsbury Publishing USA.

ISBN:
978-1-63557-739-6
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Defenestrate - 4 Stars

4 stars

It's a very well-written book with a fascinating focus on falling. It is not light-hearted, despite the fact that Buster Keaton is heavily featured. The obsession with Keaton is woven throughout the story, as the self-destructive narrator navigates her fraught relationships with her twin brother and her mother, as well as the family's superstitions about a falling curse supposedly caused by the actions of an ancestor in Prague. There are many interesting scenes set in Prague, where the narrator and her brother move for a while in an attempt to sort things out.

Subjects

  • American literature