The Disobedience of Water: Stories and Novellas

by Sena Jeter Naslund

Book Overview

The eight stories in this collection explore the boundary conditions between self and others. Social realities--racial and ethnic tensions, sexual harassment and abuse--provide the backdrop for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688178456
• ISBN13: 9780688178451
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Physical experience

Each of these short stories leave you with a sense of the physical, whether good or ill (and even the disturbing moments are memorable). You cannot be lifted by these offerings and set down anything other than full. Sometimes I felt as though I was peeping through a keyhole at something so personal that I could almost hear my (dead) mother warn me to "mind my own business"... and other times I could swear that I felt the touch of soft, mountain breezes and knew I was safe in my place as reader. If you loved Ahab's Wife and Naslund's way of stringing words together, read this book... or better yet, read it twice to make sure nothing was lost. Beautiful.

A collection that pushes and pulls

The stories contained in _The Disobedience of Water_ are about emotions, how they control us and shape our lives. The characters Naslund creates are rich with conflicting feelings about faith, love, and friendship. They're at once kind and cruel, moral and amoral, as these waves of emotion build and break. Naslund's courageous honesty will change the way you think about love, life, and art, while her beautiful, Southern style will leave you waiting for more.