Rot

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Review Eccentric, poetic, both high-minded and tough-minded, this novella is intermittently successful. When the author goes off the beam, we are left with a mere collection of oddballs, but when she is on, we behold something quite rare dying as we hope it can be, a last embrace. Richard Lourie, The New York Times Book Review""Eccentric, poetic, both high-minded and tough-minded, this novella is intermittently successful. When the author goes off the beam, we are left with a mere collection of oddballs, but when she is on, we behold something quite rare- dying as we hope it can be, a last embrace."--Richard Lourie "The New York Times Book Review" Read more About the Author JANET KAUFFMAN was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and raised on a tobacco farm. She has published several collections of short stories, including Characters on the Loose (Graywolf Press), Obscene Gestures for Women (Alfred A. Knopf), and Places in the World a Woman Could Walk (Alfred A. Knopf). Her short novels, Collaborators (Alfred A. Knopf), The Body in Four Parts (Graywolf Press), and this book, Rot, complete the trilogy Flesh Made Word. She teaches creative writing at Eastern Michigan University. Read more