Polek, Nicolette
Bitter Water Opera
- ISBN 13:
- 9781644452837
- author:
- Polek, Nicolette
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Graywolf Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 128
- Dimensions:
- 21 x 14 x 2.5 centimetres (0.10
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 6 working days
Description
Bitter Water Opera is a novel about art, solitude, family, and faith in a world without it. In 1967, a dancer named Marta Becket found an abandoned theater in Death Valley Junction and made it her own, painting her ideal audience on its walls and dancing until her death. Fifty years later, a woman named Gia discovers a photo of Marta and writes her a letter, hoping for guidance out of her despair. When Marta appears in Gia's home, she must confront the limits of her own solitude and the power of connection. Through precise and vivid vignettes, the author explores existential questions about art, faith, and the human search for meaning.
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