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"“How much of us there was” by Michael Kimball
“The hubbub that reigns in the literary world today, and especially in the novelistic sphere, cannot silence a voice like that of Michael Kimball, who with three short but substantial books published in a period of eight years is already among the authentic innovators of contemporary narrative in the English language. How Much of Us There Was, draws on the relationship of the writer's maternal grandparents – which is included as a narrative voice as a counterpoint – to make a shocking x-ray of illness and old age, agony and grief: on few occasions the lights of hospitals, asylums of old people and undertakers have shone with such stark vigor in literature.”
Taken from Free Letters.
See also:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/mar/06/fiction.features1
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1385030.How_Much_of_Us_There_Was
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kimball
The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested in reading this recommendation, you can check its availability at catalog of the library
Kimball, Michael (1967-)
How much of us there was / Michael Kimball. — London: Harper Perennial, 2006. — 182 p., 16 p. ; 20cm
ISBN-0 00-719342-4
PS3561.I4163 H69 2006
R. 97966
