Hunters and Gatherers: A Novel
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)
Author
Contributors
Prose, Francine Author
Published
Open Road Media , 2013.
Status
Available from Libby/OverDrive
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Description
The New York Times–bestselling author takes on New Agers as one woman searches for meaning in this “brilliantly satiric but . . . sweet-natured” novel (Publishers Weekly). Thirty-year-old Martha is stagnating in a demeaning, woefully underpaid job as a fact-checker at frothy fashion magazine Mode and an unhappy relationship with an unrepentant jerk. But she stumbles upon an unlikely new circle of friends when she interrupts a goddess-worshipping ceremony on Fire Island and ends up rescuing its accident-prone leader, Isis Moonwagon, from the waves. From the steel skyscrapers of Manhattan to a sweat lodge in the Arizona desert, Martha chases fulfillment and self-actualization in the company of this group of opinionated, bumbling women, but the revelations she receives are not necessarily what she expected. “Prose’s satiric vision could not be more sharply focused here, and her powers of observation and deadpan humor never falter” as she sends up the New Age movement and its over-earnest adherents (The Miami Herald).
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Format
eBook, Kindle
Street Date
09/24/2013
Language
English
ISBN
9781480445093, 9781480445376
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Both women write critically acclaimed novels which address a wide range of topics but are written in a consistent style, with a conscious structure and extremely controlled prose. -- Becky Spratford
Francine Prose and Carolyn Parkhurst both write character-driven literary fiction that is by turns moving, intriguing, and thought-provoking. They combine a complex style with a sense of the ridiculous to comment on human mortality and American culture. -- Mike Nilsson
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Prose, F. (2013). Hunters and Gatherers: A Novel . Open Road Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Prose, Francine. 2013. Hunters and Gatherers: A Novel. Open Road Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Prose, Francine. Hunters and Gatherers: A Novel Open Road Media, 2013.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Prose, F. (2013). Hunters and gatherers: a novel. Open Road Media.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Prose, Francine. Hunters and Gatherers: A Novel Open Road Media, 2013.
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Copy Details
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