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Gunty gives formal range to lives shaped by deindustrialization and neglect.
2 lists & prizes
2022 selection · Literary fiction
The Rabbit Hutch
Residents of an Indiana apartment building orbit eighteen-year-old Blandine and a shocking event. Multiple forms map loneliness, exploitation, ecology, and improbable connection.
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You like eccentric ensemble novels with experimental structure.
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communitydeindustrializationlonelinessecology
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