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The Effect of Living Backwards

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The Effect of Living Backwards

by Heidi Julavits

Penguin Group USA, Inc | September 1, 2004 | Trade Paperback

Does Alice really hate her sister, or is that love? Was she really enrolled in grad school, or was that an elaborate hoax? Is this really a hijacking, or is it merely the effect of living backwards?

Following her acclaimed debut, The Mineral Palace, Heidi Julavits presents a quirky, compelling new novel about two sisters, a bizarre event, and the elusive nature of truth.

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Does Alice really hate her sister, or is that love? Was she really enrolled in grad school, or was that an elaborate hoax? Is this really a hijacking, or is it merely the effect of living backwards?

Following her acclaimed debut, The Mineral Palace, Heidi Julavits presents a quirky, compelling new novel about two sisters, a bizarre event, and the elusive nature of truth.

About the Author

Heidi Julavits is the author of The Mineral Palace. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The Best American Short Stories 1999, Esquire, Zoetrope, McSweeney''s, and Time.

Trade Paperback

368 Pages, 5.12 x 8.04 x 0.97 in

September 1, 2004

Penguin Group USA, Inc

English


0425198170
9780425198179

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With this book, with its astounding intelligence and unceasing acuity, Heidi Julavits fulfills the great promise of her talents, and jumps to the forefront of her generation. This could be the smartest and most challenging book I''ve read by anyone our age, and beyond that, it''s just plain hard to put down. She''s raised the bar for all of us.

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