The Ballad of Big Feeling

By Ari Braverman

Book Overview

"Braverman spins images that pull that perfect trick of making the familiar feel fresh... It's a thrill to see that language can still be made to help us feel the rush of life anew." ---Lynn Steger Strong, New York Times Book Review

The woman lives on a cul-de-sac with her lover and her dog. She is smart and sensible. She buys groceries and goes to work. And she finds herself reliving her childhood memories while she waits--for what, she is not sure.

In the tradition of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, The Ballad of Big Feeling reveals the mind of a woman perched before middle age and confronting the hidden contradictions and intricacies of everyday life.

In the hands of an exciting new writer, Ari Braverman, it's a tale both spare and spacious, textured and poetic, frustrating and funny -- a delicately crafted volume that will linger in the mind of the reader long after they've put it down. It is, in short, a startling and assured debut.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612197671
• ISBN13: 9781612197678
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"