Three Fallen Women

by Amy Guth

Amy Guth's violent and shimmering debut novel is the story of three women caught in the vortex of breaking down. For Helen,a painter reawakening after a long period of self-destruction, peace is the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977815145
• ISBN13: 9780977815142
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: So New Media
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Gritty, Graphic, Gutsy, Gorgeous Guth

Amy Guth's debut novel is an extraordinary mix of poetry, punk rock, prose, politics, philosophy, science and religion. Skillfully, she weaves together the story of three fallen woman in language that brings texture, feeling, meaning and imagery to string theory and the interconnectedness of all things. In both big-picture and small-picture terms, Three Fallen Women will challenge your psyche; simultaneously, I prayed for salvation of each woman and revered them for their dysthymia and dramatics. Bizarre? Yes. Brilliant? Absolutely. Beautiful? Unquestionably. Indeed, Three Fallen Women may change your life.

Catharsis smacked my face!

This book made my head spin. It was like reading a thousand little things that had happened to me or someone I knew and they suddenly made sense. I had to go buy a bottle of cheap wine and some cigarettes to stop my head from spinning. Excellent read.

Sassy

Bold and daring. Descriptive, provocative and full of sensuality. Guth writes in a poetic fashion that is an important contrast to the harsh stories of these three woman. So New Media was smart in picking up this first time novelist. She has a very unique style in her expression and should bring the book world a crisp breath of fresh air. I look very forward to more work from this budding novelist.

Such a relief to love a friend's book.

Here's the thing, I know the author. She's a lovely lady. Imagine if I loved her and didn't love her book. That would be bad. Maybe not bad, but challenging. "I can't come to your reading, I have to retile my bathroom." Lucky for me, I enjoyed this novel. There were times when the images were so shocking, that I set it down and walked away. But I always came back to keep reading. I found the book to be a challenging read--it is intense, it is visual, it is poetic. The images she strings together are wonderful and you'll want to reread the section written from the bullet's point of view. This is the way that post-post-modern is meant to be written. Read it, recommend it, give it to your favorite reader.

An excellent debut novel

Heck, it's an excellent novel, period, not just debut -- I just put "debut" in there because I felt like the title needed another word in it. 3FW tells the story of three different women with three very different lives and approaches to the events and circumstances they encounter, but who, even in their diversity, cope with somehow similar issues in their own ways. The meticulous writing style is an excellent contrast to the deep and universal issues addressed in the book and produces wonderful imagery, conjuring with equal verisimilitude scenes of joy or despair, conventional behavior or absurdity. A great read; hopefully one of many to come from this talented writer.