Fiction. An actress of sorts, a woman recalls her childhood, longs for her absent lover, imagines traveling overseas, and wanders through gardens and galleries of art. Hers is a life meticulously lived, a carefully crafted and rehearsed engagement with a real and imagined world; a search for love and meaning that has left her, in the end, alone. Unrue's intricate and intriguing sentences--now one word, now comprising whole paragraphs and interrupting one another--manage to fuse detachment and emotion, heartbreak and humor.

Author Hometown: Boston, MA USA



About the author: Jane Unrue most recent book is the novella LIFE OF A STAR (Burning Deck, 2010). Her novella THE HOUSE was published by Burning Deck in 2000; her collection Atlassed was published by Triple Press in 2005; the novella "Dear Mr. Erker" appeared in the final edition of 3RD BED. Jane Unrue, born in Nevada, now lives in Boston and teaches at Harvard.

Reviews:
Elizabeth Townsend in NewPages
Gary Lutz in The Believer
Ingrid Rojas Contreras in Bookslut
William Keckler at Joe Brainard's Pyjamas
Dana Norris at TriQuarterly Online
John Madera in The Brooklyn Rail
Greg Gerke @ BIG OTHER
Karla Kelsey @ The Constant Critic