The girl who never read Noam Chomsky: A novel
Author:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
Kirkus Reviews, "11 Debuts You Need to Pay Attention To"HelloGiggles, "Books you don't want to miss"Bustle, "Books you need to know"An ambitious debut, at once timely and timeless, that captures the complexity and joys of modern womanhood. This novel is gem like—in its precision, its many facets, and its containing multitudes. Following in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf, Rona Jaffe, Maggie Shipstead, and Sheila Heti, Jana Casale writes with bold assurance about the female experience. We first meet Leda in a coffee shop on an average afternoon, notable only for the fact that it's the single occasion in her life when she will eat two scones in one day. And for the cute boy reading American Power and the New Mandarins. Leda hopes that, by engaging him, their banter will lead to romance. Their fleeting, awkward exchange stalls before flirtation blooms. But Leda's left with one imperative thought: she decides she wants to read Noam Chomsky. So she promptly buys a book and never—ever—reads it. As the days, years, and decades of the rest of her life unfold, we see all of the things Leda does instead, from eating leftover spaghetti in her college apartment, to fumbling through the first days home with her newborn daughter, to attempting (and nearly failing) to garden in her old age. In a collage of these small moments, we see the work—both visible and invisible—of a woman trying to carve out a life of meaning. Over the course of her experiences Leda comes to the universal revelation that the best-laid-plans are not always the path to utter fulfillment and contentment, and in reality there might be no such thing. Lively and disarmingly honest, The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky is a remarkable literary feat—bracingly funny, sometimes heartbreaking, and truly feminist in its insistence that the story it tells is an essential one.
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
More Details
ISBN:
9781524731991
9781524732004
9781524732004
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | fdcff5e9-93f1-02af-e009-c1b83710dfbc |
---|---|
Grouping Title | girl who never read noam chomsky |
Grouping Author | jana casale |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2021-01-23 03:52:14AM |
Last Indexed | 2021-01-23 04:11:06AM |
Novelist Primary ISBN | 9781524731991 |
Solr Details
accelerated_reader_point_value | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
accelerated_reader_reading_level | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author | Jana Casale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author_display | Casale, Jana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
available_at_aurora | Central Mission Viejo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
detailed_location_aurora | Central Mission Viejo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
display_description | Kirkus Reviews, "11 Debuts You Need to Pay Attention To" HelloGiggles, "Books you don't want to miss" Bustle, "Books you need to know" An ambitious debut, at once timely and timeless, that captures the complexity and joys of modern womanhood. This novel is gem like—in its precision, its many facets, and its containing multitudes. Following in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf, Rona Jaffe, Maggie Shipstead, and Sheila Heti, Jana Casale writes with bold assurance about the female experience. We first meet Leda in a coffee shop on an average afternoon, notable only for the fact that it's the single occasion in her life when she will eat two scones in one day. And for the cute boy reading American Power and the New Mandarins. Leda hopes that, by engaging him, their banter will lead to romance. Their fleeting, awkward exchange stalls before flirtation blooms. But Leda's left with one imperative thought: she decides she wants to read Noam Chomsky. So she promptly buys a book and never—ever—reads it. As the days, years, and decades of the rest of her life unfold, we see all of the things Leda does instead, from eating leftover spaghetti in her college apartment, to fumbling through the first days home with her newborn daughter, to attempting (and nearly failing) to garden in her old age. In a collage of these small moments, we see the work—both visible and invisible—of a woman trying to carve out a life of meaning. Over the course of her experiences Leda comes to the universal revelation that the best-laid-plans are not always the path to utter fulfillment and contentment, and in reality there might be no such thing. Lively and disarmingly honest, The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky is a remarkable literary feat—bracingly funny, sometimes heartbreaking, and truly feminist in its insistence that the story it tells is an essential one. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
format_aurora | Book eBook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
format_category_aurora | Books eBook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
id | fdcff5e9-93f1-02af-e009-c1b83710dfbc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
isbn | 9781524731991 9781524732004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
item_details
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
itype_aurora | Book | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
last_indexed | 2021-01-23T11:11:06.009Z | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
lexile_score | -1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
literary_form | Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
literary_form_full | Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
local_callnumber_aurora | Casale, J. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
owning_library_aurora | Aurora Public Library | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
owning_location_aurora | Central Mission Viejo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
primary_isbn | 9781524731991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
publishDate | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
record_details
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
recordtype | grouped_work | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
scoping_details_aurora
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
subject_facet | Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction Self-realization in women -- Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | The girl who never read Noam Chomsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky A novel The girl who never read Noam Chomsky / Jana Casale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The girl who never read Noam Chomsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | A novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Fiction Literature Self-actualization (Psychology) in women Self-realization in women |