Simply Separate People

by Lynn Crawford

Inspired by the Walt Whitman line “Oneself I sing, a simple, separate person,” Lynn Crawford’s novel traces a group of characters whose outlook on life blends practicality and fantasy. Linked by obsessions and quirks, they fall in and out of love with each other, and remind the reader of the inextricable ties that bind us all.

172 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Eugene · Rating 5 out of 5]

johannah recommended this book. i loved it. the sentences seem thought thinking in this one, clever but not ostentatious. character is created by language rather than by event. though, that said, there might, if not for events and circumstance, be only one character. but i loved that character. she was smart and curious and acknowledging of pain and conscious of privledge. an unexpected sincere pleasure.

[Hubert · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very sweet and endearing short book. Crawford writes with a poignant yet witty style. Her characters are ordinary people living oddly structured lives, many of whom are fighting the loss of family. The writing is highly descriptive, but not particularly psychologically weighty.

A short text worth reading multiple times.

[Artifizz · Rating 4 out of 5]

fun book, great craft, subtle...

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