Bette HowlandBesprekingen

This was a long lost book that was rediscovered. It consists of 3 novellas and though it dealt with interesting topics, the style was very slow and jumbled. I did enjoy that she took very seemingly mundane lives and allowed the reader to see that the inward life how much more complexity than what was revealed to the outside world. Not a long book so it is not a large investment in time. Worth a try

I am blown away by Howland's writing. What a tragedy that she was not, is not better known. Glad she is back in print and her words won't be lost forever.

If there is calm to be found here it is the calm inside a pressure cooker before the valve is released, if there is prosperity it is the texture of observation with associated emotions. Do not look for serenity or an easy competence in the exploration of the 3rd quarter of the 20th century Jewish American take of the majority of stories or the title novella where the death of an engaging and ambitious philosopher is relived by his final lover. The most accepted of the bonds are with those who remain opaque to us, but accepted or not the bonds remain.