The House On R. Street

By Sheila Kohler

Book Overview

A teen girl dominates her dysfunctional family and escapes her home life through cinema visits and a sexual awakening in this psychological novel. In 1920s South Africa, Bill is the wild child of her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067942606X
• ISBN13: 9780679426066
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Knopf
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Kohler is a writer of chilling subtlety

Kohler's writing uncovers the darkest aspects of human nature through precise language and carefully placed detail. It's a shame reviewers for publications such as Kirkus don't have the patience to discover her. But if you are serious about writing and about literature, hunt down Kohler's work where-ever you can find it. Her first novel, The Perfect Place, is a stunning example of an unreliable narrator. And in The House On R. Street, she shows again that beneath the flawless manners of the upperclass there is an unfathomable capacity for corruption.