Little Labors

by Rivka Galchen

Book Overview

Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book--a key inspiration for Rivka Galchen's new book--contains a list of "Things That Make One Nervous." And wouldn't the blessed event top almost anyone's list?

Little Labors is a slanted, enchanted literary miscellany. Varying in length from just a sentence or paragraph to a several-page story or essay, Galchen's puzzle pieces assemble into a shining, unpredictable, mordant picture of the ordinary-extraordinary nature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811225585
• ISBN13: 9780811225588
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.7" x 7.2"