The Dollmaker
by Harriette Arnow
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Pub Date Mar 02 2017 | Archive Date Mar 01 2017
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Classics
Description
'A terrifying lesson in US history – and a haunting tragedy' Guardian
Gertie is the young mother of five children – uneducated, determined, strong. Her only ambition is to own her own small farm in the Kentucky hills where she lives, to become self-sufficient and free.
Whenever the struggle to live off the land eases, her inarticulate imagination takes its freedom and flies. Because Gertie is also an artist, a sculptor of wood and creator of beautiful handmade dolls.
When the family is forced to move to industrial Detroit, with its pre-fab houses, appliances bought on credit and neighbours on every side, life turns into an incomprehensible, lonely nightmare. Gertie realises she must adapt to a life where land, family and creativity are replaced by just one thing: the constant need for money.
‘A masterwork… A superb book of unforgettable strength and glowing richness’ New York Times
WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JOYCE CAROL OATES
A Note From the Publisher
For fans of Marilynne Robinson, Christina Stead, John Steinbeck, John Williams's Stoner and The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage.
Advance Praise
‘The Dollmaker’s depiction of family life – the entangled bonds between parents and children, brothers and sisters – is unparalleled in modern fiction’ Georgia Review
‘The Dollmaker has vividness and terrific reality. It is a book to make one think...a story of the strength of the human heart against bitter odds... Deeply sincere and moving’ Chicago Tribune
‘The depth and power and stature of this enormous book are rare indeed in modern fiction’ New York Times
‘It is a legitimate tragedy, our most unpretentious American masterpiece’ Joyce Carol Oates
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781784871871 |
| PRICE | £10.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 624 |
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