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"A mordant visien of the late 20th-century life in which families fall apart, the
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environment grows toxic and natural disasters abound—and yet redemption * l\ All remEL poAly.' I\ * l\ M\\ —flew York Times Bookieview WV
A startling debut Miu&ime moves with theedgy precision ot a^dream, one whose undercurrent of impending apocalypse invests evkn the most mundane actions with an aura of mystervand trepidation." J j?—Los Angeles Reader M.
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'' [ * §i''' 1 "Bush has chosen a strange and remarkable metaphor for the chaos of modern
life. What coula better represent the fragmentation of the nuclear family than a
mother who's in outer space? What better symbol foV the anomie and
aimlessness of 20-year-olds than minus time, the period that's
nothing but a lead-up to something else?"
—Voice Literary Supplement
"Reading Minus Time provides startling insights into the compulsions of this final decade of the century. A strange, yet compelling,...
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Fülszöveg
"A mordant visien of the late 20th-century life in which families fall apart, the
f few } L;:v ' * » r, '« fv »
environment grows toxic and natural disasters abound—and yet redemption * l\ All remEL poAly.' I\ * l\ M\\ —flew York Times Bookieview WV
A startling debut Miu&ime moves with theedgy precision ot a^dream, one whose undercurrent of impending apocalypse invests evkn the most mundane actions with an aura of mystervand trepidation." J j?—Los Angeles Reader M.
m m m m
'' [ * §i''' 1 "Bush has chosen a strange and remarkable metaphor for the chaos of modern
life. What coula better represent the fragmentation of the nuclear family than a
mother who's in outer space? What better symbol foV the anomie and
aimlessness of 20-year-olds than minus time, the period that's
nothing but a lead-up to something else?"
—Voice Literary Supplement
"Reading Minus Time provides startling insights into the compulsions of this final decade of the century. A strange, yet compelling, imagination informs this thoroughly rewarding debut." —Caryl Phillips
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on disaster relief missions? You can always join a terrorist animal rights group and chat with your mother via satellite. 20-year-old Helen, who watched a stand-in family take her and her brother's place when they skipped their mother's liftoff, is plagued by cpicism and doubt, yet she longs for direction. Her envisioning of, and growth into adult life is chronicled in Catherine Bush's ultra-contemporary tale Minus Time.
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