Lightning Field: A NovelMina's chosen way of slowing down, of sifting through the rubble of her complex life, is to do the thing that is unthinkable in L.A.: walk. Exploring the fetishes that hold the City of Angels in their grip--movies, restaurants, self-image, sex--Spiotta delves into the language, humor, and beauty of obsession, and into the varied ways in which women cope, or don't, with their particular relationship to contemporary culture. |
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