Lunar Attractions

Lunar Attractions

From Gale Literature: "'Lunar Attractions' (1979) recalls many of the themes and settings of [Blaise's] short stories--the child, David Greenwood, who discovers his French-Canadian ancestry (his real name is Boisvert), the dislocations of life in North America, and the terror that lurks beneath the surface of everyday life (the strange fish that becomes an analogue for his stillborn sister - the high school beauty who is revealed as a transvestite). Autobiographical elements were, once again, noted by reviewers. By this time, however, Blaise seems to have become determined to forestall any easy connections between his own life and the materials of his fiction. He notes, following the acknowledgments, that 'Lunar Attractions' is fiction in the mode of autobiography, but that life was never lived.' The novel was reviewed favorably in Canada, although some commentators found the work melodramatic in places. Books in Canada gave 'Lunar Attractions' its annual award as the best first novel of the year."

Blaise, Clark

Doubleday Press

1979

English

Book

No

9780385133180

305

Garden City, New York