The disinvent movement / Susanna Gendall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gendall, Susanna, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young women--Fiction.

Young women.

Loneliness--Fiction.

Loneliness.

Solitude--Fiction.

Solitude.

Husband and wife--Fiction.

Husband and wife.

Genre:

New Zealand fiction -- 21st century.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

144 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Wellington, New Zealand : Victoria University Press of Wellington Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Every week we would disinvent something. This week it would be plastic. Next week it would be the aeroplane. I stood outside the supermarket and handed out flyers, which people kindly refused as they left carrying large packs of bottled water.' The short history of the Disinvent Movement is told by its creator as she looks back on her life in New Zealand, France, Switzerland and other countries. Intertwined with the movement are her efforts to find a way 'inside' - an entry point to the system in which so many others seem to be living happily. But once you're in, what if you want to escape? How do you disinvent the all-encompassing structure of a violent marriage? The Disinvent Movement is a brilliantly original and poignant first novel, both elliptical and direct, about how we dismantle and remake our stories - and re-cast the people who occupy the most important roles in our lives - in hopes of finding sanctuary."--Publisher description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781776564101

1776564103

OCLC:

1268114181

Publisher Number:

99989475352