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House Mother Normal
Overview
House Mother Normal, subtitled "A Geriatric Comedy," is the English writer B. S. Johnson's fifth novel. Unusual in both its subject and structure, this novel is a remarkable study of old age, stripped of sentimentality and spiked with bizarre language and perceptions. Made up of eight monologues describing a single day at a nursing home, House Mother Normal explores the failing minds of the elderly with precision, humor, and unflagging compassion, and Johnson achieves, with inventiveness and escalating absurdity, a vivid multidimensional effect.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780811222143
- ISBN-10: 0811222144
- Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Publish Date: August 2016
- Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
- Page Count: 208
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