Flesh Made Word Books In Order
- Collaborators (1986)
- The Body in Four Parts (1993)
- Rot (2001)
Collections
- Places in the World a Woman Could Walk (1983)
- Obscene Gestures for Women (1989)
- Characters on the Loose (1997)
- Five on Fiction (2004)
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Janet Kauffman Books Overview
Collaborators
A stunning, poetic novel about a nearly overpowering relationship, from the author of the acclaimed short story collection, Places in the World a Woman Could Walk.
Rot
Fiction. This is a story that tracks a father whose wish is to die in the open, open to the elements. He’s a Mennonite, a pacifist, obsessed with Stalin and other tyrants, and he’s determined to redefine power, rethink what it is to be good. With his daughter, and with his friend Irene, he finds collaborators in his passion for trespass. This book has moments where the writing is both beautiful and grotesque: fitting, as the book itself tackles the fantastic contradictions of the human experience. Janet Kauffman writes with a clarity of voice that cuts clean through the brush of language but leaves no trail we couldn’t turn back even if we wanted to.
Places in the World a Woman Could Walk
The women in Janet Kauffman’s spirited stories are unafraid to look closely at their flawed lives. Burdened by the struggles of a rural existence, they are determined to embrace the simplest pleasures with a true heart. Whether slaughtering a favorite cow or leaving a violent husband, these characters make tough choices and live with the consequences.
Five on Fiction
Fiction. ‘It is Kauffman’s sensitivity and restraint that have brought her early recognition. But it is the burgeoning lack of restraint that will mark hers as an essential American voice’ Julia Lisella. ‘It’s akin to making a hat from sticks. The handwork and gluing are not all sweatshopped. Not jetted or crashed into wetlands, not magically rising up out of it whole and crowned. You can count the prepositions, cross fingered, coming up to from out of, especially. And it is a cityscape here. Swept. There’s plenty of sand for the froth of some sea’ from Five on Fiction. Janet Kauffman’s other books include The Body in Four Parts, Characters on the Loose, and ROT, which is currently available from SPD.
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