Magels Daughter highlights the deadly manipulations and subterfuge of matriarchal power within a Norwegian family. It is a dark comedy with a touch of magical realism. On the surface its a rapidly paced, episodic blitz through the last days of Karin Brixs sanity. Shes lost it by the end, and its all her mothers fault. Magel is a classic femme fatale who grows old and spoils everyones lives just like her mother and her mother before her. is is all set in Northern Minnesota, a chilly world of hallucination, incest, and ...
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Magels Daughter highlights the deadly manipulations and subterfuge of matriarchal power within a Norwegian family. It is a dark comedy with a touch of magical realism. On the surface its a rapidly paced, episodic blitz through the last days of Karin Brixs sanity. Shes lost it by the end, and its all her mothers fault. Magel is a classic femme fatale who grows old and spoils everyones lives just like her mother and her mother before her. is is all set in Northern Minnesota, a chilly world of hallucination, incest, and severed heads. Magel is the reigning matriarch of the family, and Karin is on her way to becoming just like her, struggling to regain herself as an artist after years of raising her two sons. Karin is assisted in her endeavors by the hallucinations of her grand and great-grandmothers. Karins fathers glass eye weaves through her imagination as the only sound counsel amid the chaos.
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Very good. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
