House Mother Normal

By B.S. Johnson

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811222144
• ISBN13: 9780811222143
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"