A Gesture Through Time

by Elizabeth Block

Fiction. Elizabeth Block's debut novel, A GESTURE THROUGH TIME (written under fiscal sponsorshipof Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, selected as a 1997 Heekin Foundation firstnovel fellowship finalist, short-listed with an honorable mention for the 2004 Starcheronefiction prize, and the recipient of a Djerassi Resident Artists Program Tread of Angelsfellowship) is one of the most inventive narratives in contemporary literature. "Elizabeth Block's A GESTURE THROUGH TIME is a novel for the new millennium. Deft and funny and wise, it examines authorship, narration, technology, love, and memory, and asks most playfully what it means to tell a story. Always inventing and bravely trying out new strategies, she puts most writers and their sorry pretenses of invention to shame. In the spirit of Stern's Tristram Shandy, A GESTURE THROUGH TIME captures the relation of muse and amuse, taking the reader on a spirited, pleasure-filled journey"--Maxine Chernoff.

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2006

About the author

Elizabeth Block is an award-winning writer of fiction, poetry, and essays. Her first novel, A Gesture Through Time, was published in late 2005. Her writing in multiple genres has been published in internationally distributed and limited edition print and electronic journals, in newspapers, on the radio, on audio CD, and has been performed live. Also a filmmaker, Elizabeth’s films have toured extensively in festivals, museums, and art house cinemas. Elizabeth (because she cannot help herself) has been known to collaborate with curators, designers, and artists in many
media-ideas.