Carole Maso tisse des récits expérimentaux, poétiques et fragmentaires souvent classés comme postmodernes. Son écriture se distingue par une voix unique et une importance littéraire qui entraîne les lecteurs dans les profondeurs de sa narration. Elle met l'accent sur des approches stylistiques et des techniques narratives distinctes, faisant ainsi ressortir son œuvre dans la littérature américaine contemporaine.
Carole Maso's work exemplifies a bold blend of poetry, fiction, and criticism, reflecting her unique literary voice and refusal to conform to genre boundaries. Drawing inspiration from literary giants like William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg, she explores themes of language, memory, and the artistic journey. This collection showcases her audacity and compassion, offering readers an intelligent and persuasive examination of the creative process while challenging traditional forms of writing.
Ghost Dance is the first book in a line of relentlessly experimental and highly esteemed works by Carole Maso. Like the poetry-mother in this debut novel, Maso works to ensure her readers understand and come to accept sorrow as a knowable and tactile presence. Narrating a family story through the voice of a young writer whose mother has recently been killed, Maso invites readers to experience firsthand both women's love and courage, capabilties of imagination, their persistence of memory, and generosity of spirit.It is this same generosity that allows readers the transformative intimacy Ghost Dance has to offer. Like her artist-protagonists, Maso's subject as well as medium is language, and she is brave and dangerous in her command of it. She abandons traditional narrative forms in favor of a shaped communication resembling Beckett and rivalling his evocative skill. Immersed in dilated and intense prose, the readers view is a privilege one, riding the crest of clear expression as it navigates the tangled terrain of loss and desperate sorrow.
From a hospital bed on this, her last day on earth, thirty-nine-year-old Ava Klein makes one final ecstatic voyage. People, places, offhand memories, and imaginary things drift in and out of her consciousness and weave their way through this beautiful, poetic novel. In this celebration of life, Carole Maso captures the poignancy of mortality, the extraordinary desire to live and the inevitability of death. Ava yearns and the reader yearns with her, struggling to hold on to all that slips away.--back cover
Exploring the intersection of art and mortality, the narrative follows Caroline as she returns to New York after her father's death to confront her past. Through a fragmented, collage-like structure, the story reveals her memories and emotions, intertwining grief and love. The delicate unfolding of the fiddlehead fern serves as a poignant metaphor for her journey. Various illustrations enhance the narrative, adding depth to Maso's exploration of the complexities of life transitions and the healing power of art.
Exploring profound themes of life, death, and existence, the novel centers on a mother and child navigating through both enchanting and perilous landscapes. Their journey is disrupted by a great wind, the splitting of an ancient tree, and the arrival of a mysterious creature, blurring the lines between reality and the supernatural. This triggers a cascade of transformative events filled with deep memories and eerie premonitions, inviting readers into a world of constant change and wonder.
An intimate and erotic exploration of desire unfolds through the lens of one of America's most innovative writers. The narrative delves into the complexities of human emotions and physical connections, offering a bold and daring perspective that challenges conventional boundaries. Through vivid storytelling, the book invites readers to experience the depths of passion and longing.
A woman physics professor at Harvard seduces and murders two male students. As she awaits execution, Bernadette O'Brien, a working-class girl from a mill town in Massachusetts, explains what made her do it, unrepentant to the very end
Focusing on Frida Kahlo's life, this biographical meditation weaves together her biography, letters, medical documents, and diaries. The prose poem captures the essence of Kahlo's experiences, reflecting the vibrant and erotic language reminiscent of her artwork. Through this unique narrative, readers gain insight into the complexities of her identity and artistry, revealing the emotional depth behind one of the 20th century's most iconic figures.
