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Loading... Glaciers (A Tin House New Voice) (original 2012; edition 2012)by Alexis Smith
Work detailsGlaciers (A Tin House New Voice) by Alexis Smith (2012)
None. Glaciers is one of those books for me that was just a real gem of a find. While this is a novel, I also found that picking up the book and reading one of the little chapters also worked incredibly well for me. The writing and the emotions are lyrical and I hated for the book to end. I don't often read books more than once, but this one got both a sequential pass and a randomized pass. Loved so many of the individual vignettes... it'll be one that softly sticks with me. (  ) asawyer | Apr 13, 2013 |  Word of mouth picked a gem, as ever. This is a delicate, shimmering, miniature yet expansive novella about a young woman too much in love with the world. It reminded me of Woolf in its use of time and the fragile human mind, but also Jane Mendelsohn's under-appreciated AMERICAN MUSIC for its exquisitely romantic pairing of the sensitive young woman with the rough and wounded young man. (This sounds cliched and pandering, but actually it brings out the best in both characters, in both books.) Reading GLACIERS has the result of making the world seem somehow sweeter, more vulnerable, and more lovable for that vulnerability. ( ) KatieANYC | Apr 2, 2013 | A very quick, totally unremarkable read. (  ) eenee | Apr 2, 2013 | The publisher compared this to Woolf, Duras, and Rhys? I'm sure even their adolescent scribblings were more learned and erudite than Glaciers. This is not to say the book isn't well written: it definitely is, but it feels too uncertain of itself many times, and at many others it felt like reading an MFA student's final project. This is chick lit targeted to the young, fashionable, hipster librarian. ( ) proustitute | Mar 31, 2013 | Delightful. Charming. Delicate. These are the words that first come to mind as I reflect on Glaciers. There's not much substance in these 174 pages, but I was nonetheless happy to have spent the time with them. In many of the novel's short chapters, Alexis M. Smith discusses the small things, the photos and relics Isabelle cherishes; with superb skill, Smith has crafted each chapter with the same vivid detail and want for nostalgia that these photos conjure. There are some really wonderful sentences in this short work. And the characters, though we barely get to know them, are fresh and interesting. The story is enough to keep moving forward, though it is sparse. But I don't think the focus here should be on story. It's about images. Glaciers is a box of photographs. Sift through them. Pick out your favorites. And make up your own story to fill in what little you know. ( ) chrisblocker | Mar 30, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
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