"Juliet Escoria's voice is unmistakable: riveting, harrowing, and funny. In Juliet the Maniac, she tells a story about addiction and mental illness that subverts our expectations and reveals new truths about gender, power, and the unexpected ways we can both heal and be harmed."—EMILY GOULD, author of /5(71). Juliet Escoria is the author of the novel Juliet the Maniac, the short story collection Black Cloud, and the poetry collection Witch Hunt. She was born in Australia, raised in San Diego, and currently lives in West Virginia with her husband, the writer Scott McClanahan. She received a BA in Creative Writing at the University of California in Riverside, and an MFA in Fiction Writing at CUNY Brooklyn College. · In “Juliet the Maniac,” written half a lifetime after Escoria’s dangerous adolescence, the need to find reasons to live is tinged with powerful helplessness that ricochets between Juliet Author: Kristen Millares Young.
"For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, Juliet the Maniac is a worthy new entry in that pantheon of deconstruction Dazzling."—NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW This portrait of a young teenager's fight toward understanding and recovering from mental illness is shockingly honest, funny, and heartfelt. Juliet Escoria's autofictive debut novel, Juliet the Maniac, is a worthy new entry in that pantheon of deconstruction. Told in a series of fragments spanning the teenage years in which bipolar Juliet's life unravels, it is a narrative that insists on its own severity. The New York Times Book Review - Elizabeth Nicholas. © Juliet Escoria (P) HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books. The Fearless Organization; Exaholics; What listeners say about Juliet the Maniac Average Customer Ratings. Overall. 4 out of 5 stars out of 5 Stars 7 4 Stars 3 3 Stars 2 2 Stars 2 1 Stars 1 Performance. out of 5 stars out of
"Juliet Escoria's voice is unmistakable: riveting, harrowing, and funny. In Juliet the Maniac, she tells a story about addiction and mental illness that subverts our expectations and reveals new truths about gender, power, and the unexpected ways we can both heal and be harmed."—EMILY GOULD, author of Friendship. The following is from Juliet Escoria's novel Juliet the Maniac. In , year-old Juliet rapidly begins to unravel over two years, finding herself in a downward trajectory of mental illness and self-destruction. Juliet Escoria is the author of Witch Hunt and Black Cloud. It’s , and year-old Juliet has it pretty good. But over the course of the next two years, she rapidly begins to unravel, finding herself in a downward trajectory of mental illness and self-destruction. An explosive portrayal of teenage life from the perspective of The Bad Friend, JULIET THE MANIAC is a bold, stylish breakout book from an author already crackling on the indie scene.
0コメント