Brian Ray Ray822@hotmail.com
A contemporary story in such a haunted, Poe-drenched world...a quirky first
novel that's not afraid to be itself.
-Gina Webb, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The question of inheritance is always lurking in Sarah West's narrative, which
gives even greater strength to Ray's sympathetic and truly deft examination of
[schizophrenia] and its ability to strain a family past unbearable tolerances.
- Zack Weir, The Post & Courier
Death permeates this stunning debut...But even with the dark tones of death and
lunacy, Ray finds comic moments...[he] is a talent to watch.
- Booklist, starred review
You will laugh out loud at these characters, and you will be moved by the grit
and intelligence of this narrator. A stunning first novel.
- Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon
Their story is so gently told, in a setting so beautifully grim, it’s easy to
forget this is a debut novel.
- Teresa Weaver, Atlanta Magazine
novel that's not afraid to be itself.
-Gina Webb, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The question of inheritance is always lurking in Sarah West's narrative, which
gives even greater strength to Ray's sympathetic and truly deft examination of
[schizophrenia] and its ability to strain a family past unbearable tolerances.
- Zack Weir, The Post & Courier
Death permeates this stunning debut...But even with the dark tones of death and
lunacy, Ray finds comic moments...[he] is a talent to watch.
- Booklist, starred review
You will laugh out loud at these characters, and you will be moved by the grit
and intelligence of this narrator. A stunning first novel.
- Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon
Their story is so gently told, in a setting so beautifully grim, it’s easy to
forget this is a debut novel.
- Teresa Weaver, Atlanta Magazine
The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is only when
everything is lost and - instead of giving up - you go
on, that you experience the momentary prospect of some
slight progress. Suddenly you have the feeling - be it
an illusion or not - that something new has opened up.
- Alberto Giacometti
What was the point of working so hard and of being
talented, to be rewarded like this? Never a penny,
tormented all my life. It is horrible; one cannot
imagine it.
- Camille Claudel
everything is lost and - instead of giving up - you go
on, that you experience the momentary prospect of some
slight progress. Suddenly you have the feeling - be it
an illusion or not - that something new has opened up.
- Alberto Giacometti
What was the point of working so hard and of being
talented, to be rewarded like this? Never a penny,
tormented all my life. It is horrible; one cannot
imagine it.
- Camille Claudel
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