Description
Experience a day in the life of a nursing home through the eyes of its residents in this groundbreaking experimental novel. Told through eight distinct monologues, the narrative offers a raw, unsentimental, and often darkly humorous look at aging, memory, and perception. B.S. Johnson masterfully crafts a multidimensional portrait, stripping away sentimentality to reveal the complex inner lives of individuals facing their twilight years with escalating absurdity and profound humanity.
Available Editions
paperback
New Directions Publishing
Published Aug 23, 2016
144 pages
ISBN: 9780811225854
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Details
First Published
1971
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for House Mother Normal by B.S. Johnson.
Death/Grief