Kathryn Scanlan

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Kick the LatchPaperback, 27 September 2022

Kick the Latch
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Print Length
144 pages
Language
English
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published
27 Sep 2022
ISBN-10
081123200X
ISBN-13
9780811232005

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Kathryn Scanlan's Kick the Latch vividly captures the arc of one woman's life at the racetrack--the flat land and ramshackle backstretch; the bad feelings and friction; the winner's circle and the racetrack bar; the fancy suits and fancy boots; and the "particular language" of "grooms, jockeys, trainers, racing secretaries, stewards, pony people, hotwalkers, everybody"--with economy and integrity.

Based on transcribed interviews with Sonia, a horse trainer, the novel investigates form and authenticity in a feat of synthesis reminiscent of Charles Reznikoff's Testimony. As Scanlan puts it, "I wanted to preserve--amplify, exaggerate--Sonia's idiosyncratic speech, her bluntness, her flair as a storyteller. I arrived at what you could call a composite portrait of a self." Whittled down with a fiercely singular artistry, Kick the Latch bangs out of the starting gate and carries the reader on a careening joyride around the inside track.

Product Details

Author:
Kathryn Scanlan
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
27 September 2022
Dimensions:
18.36 x 11.99 x 1.17 cm
ISBN-10:
081123200X
ISBN-13:
9780811232005
Language:
English
Pages:
144
Weight:
117.93 gm

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