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Swallow Me Whole, by Nate Powell

swallow me whole, by nate powell

The first book in nearly 100 that made me want to break the 52-word limit. I could write hundreds of words, but constraints spur creation. Beautiful in form and content, it portrays the thin narrative boundary between mental illness and the supernatural with creepy, heartbreaking precision and a fully realized, singular vision.

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Books: 8/52

52/52: An ongoing project to read one book a week and document those books with reviews of 52 words each.
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Posted Friday, February 20th, 2009 at 8:25 pm and in 52 Books/52 Weeks. You can follow responses through the RSS 2.0 feed.



2 Responses to “Swallow Me Whole, by Nate Powell”

  1. Katharine Tapley says:
    February 22, 2009 at 5:29 am

    I’m glad you didn’t break your rule. Those 52 sold me!

  2. Sam Costello - Writer | Editor | Web Consultant | Graphic Novelist says:
    August 1, 2009 at 2:59 am

    [...] A collection of all of Powell’s work to the date of its publication (in this way it duplicates his earlier Tiny Giants). Powell is tremendous and though some of the early work here is rough, it’s easy to see he was on his way to the mastery achieved in Swallow Me Whole. [...]

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