![]() ![]() Provocative and hypnotic, Alexis Schaitkin’s Elsewhere is at once a spellbinding revelation and a rumination on the mysterious task of motherhood and all the ways in which a woman can lose herself to it the self-monitoring and judgment, the doubts and unknowns, and the legacy she leaves behind. When motherhood comes for Vera, she is faced with the question: will she be able to stay and mother her beloved child, or will she disappear? Elsewhere Editions is devoted to translating imaginative works of childrens literature from all corners of the world. Reveling in their gossip, they witness each other in motherhood, waiting for signs: this one devotes herself to her child too much, this one not enough-that must surely draw the affliction’s gaze. As her peers begin to marry and become mothers, they speculate about who might be the first to go, each wondering about her own fate. Vera, a young girl when her own mother went, is on the cusp of adulthood herself. It is the exquisite pain and intrinsic beauty of their lives it sets them apart from people elsewhere and gives them meaning. This town, fiercely protective, brutal and unforgiving in its adherence to tradition, faces a singular affliction: some mothers vanish, disappearing into the clouds. Vera grows up in a small town, removed and isolated, pressed up against the mountains, cloud-covered and damp year-round. The concept is completely out there and yet the. The New York Times Book Review Elsewhere is a funny, fast-paced, and fascinating novel. No plot synopsis can convey what a rich, wise spell this book casts. Richly emotive and darkly captivating, with elements of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and the imaginative depth of Margaret Atwood, Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin conjures a community in which girls become wives, wives become mothers and some of them, quite simply, disappear. Zevin's touch is marvelously light even as she considers profundities, easily moving among humor, wisdom and lyricism. ![]() ** An Electric Literature Recommended Reading** ![]() ** A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of June** ** A Washington Post Noteworthy Book for June** ** An Entertainment Weekly Best and Brightest Books to Devour This Season** Event starts on Monday, 12 June 2023 and happening at McNally Jackson Books Seaport, New York, NY. ** A Harper's BAZAAR Best, Buzziest New Book** Rhea Karam presents Somewhere/Elsewhere Book Launch and Signing Hosted By McNally Jackson Independent Booksellers. ![]()
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