American delirium / Betina González ; translated by Heather Cleary.
"In a small Midwestern city, the deer population starts attacking people. So Beryl, a feisty senior and ex-hippie with a troubled past, decides to take matters into her own hands, training a squad of fellow retirees to hunt the animals down and to prove to society they’re capable of more than playing bingo. At the same time, a group of protesters decides to abandon the “system” and live in the woods, leaving behind the demands of modern life—including her children. Nine-year-old Berenice never thought her mother would join the dropouts, but she’s been gone several days, leaving only a few clues about her past for Berenice to piece together. Vik, a taxidermist at the natural history museum and an immigrant from the Caribbean, is beginning to see the connections among the dropouts, the deer, and the discord. He’s not normally the type to speak up, but when he finds a woman living in his closet, he’s forced to get involved. Each of these engrossing characters holds a key to the city’s unraveling—despite living on the margins of society—and just as their lives start to spin out of control, they rescue one another in surprising ways."-- [Goodreads]
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250621283
- Physical Description: 210 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in Argentina and Spain in 2016 under the title América alucinada by Tusquets Editores S.A. |
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Subject: | Hallucinogenic plants > Fiction. City and town life > Fiction. |
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Terrace Public Library | GON (Text) | 35151001114321 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Grand Forks | FIC GON (Text) | 35142002714532 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Kimberley Public Library | F GON (Text) | 35137001042042 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Nelson Public Library | F GON (Text) | 3514830034476 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Tumbler Ridge Public Library | AF GONZA (Text) | TRL30719 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Williams Lake Branch | GON (Text) | 33923006316081 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |