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But Yuvi worries. He has a wife who wants things he can't give her, an editor who wants a book he can't deliver, a brother-in-law whose gastrointestinal disease may lead him to a morbid end, and dead parents who, well, they don't really want anything, but that doesn't stop the memory of them from haunting him.
As the structure of Yuvi's novel falls apart, so do his life and marriage. His novel and his life blend together as he struggles to pull out of the mess, traveling from his suburban Jewish home in Atlanta to the North Carolina mountains of his father's childhood, to several hospital waiting rooms, to the living room of a grieving Palestinian man, and even to Uranus (and back, of course).
Heartbreaking and hilarious, A Brilliant Novel in the Works is the utterly original debut novel from Yuvi Zalkow, praised by Cheryl Strayed as "the secret love child of the smartest person you've ever met and the weirdo who lives down the block."
Anonymous
Posted August 24, 2012
I'm impressed by this author's ability to express difficult emotions
with humor. For me, it makes it easier to tolerate the difficulty of
thinking about---and feeling---some of what we---and the author---all go
through. He says some of the stuff you're not supposed to say, talking
about difficult emotions about planning a child or being in a
relationship. It's not just humor that carries this book, though---it's
also beautiful language. There's a lot to love about this book---I can't
wait for the Brilliant (and angstful!) sequel!
Overview
But Yuvi worries. He has a wife who wants things he can't give her, an editor who wants a book he can't deliver, a brother-in-law whose gastrointestinal disease may lead him to a morbid end, and dead parents who, well, they don't really want anything, but that doesn't stop the memory of them from haunting him.
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