Seeing Dell
Carol Guess
A novel about a lesbian taxi driver in the American heartland who is revealed through the stories of the townspeople who come in contact with her.
Publisher’s Note
As the various inhabitants of a small midwestern town reminisce about Dell, a female taxi driver who dies in a highway accident leaving behind two lovers–one male, one female–a revealing portrait emerges of Dell, her life, and her relationships. Simultaneous. Tour. IP. , Dell is a taxi driver who lives on the outskirts of town memory until she leaves behind two lovers – one male, one female – and a small town populated by characters whose desires to touch each other – and in odd ways, to touch Dell herself – are thwarted by their human inability to know themselves or reveal themselves to each other. Dell is revealed to us through the stories of townspeople whose obsessions – both petty and grand – are told with Carol Guess’s remarkable clarity and thoughtfulness., SEEING DELL marks the debut of a gifted new writer who positions her lesbian character in the heart of the American landscape: the small midwestern town, familiar to readers of much great American fiction, newly re-mapped as home to dell.Dell is a taxi driver who lives on the outskirts of town memory until she leaves behind two lovers–one male, one female–and a small town populated by characters whose desires to touch each other–and in old ways, to touch Dell herself–are thwarted by their human inability to know themselves or reveal themselves to each other. Dell is revealed to us through the stories of townspeople whose obessions–both petty and grand–are told with Carol Guess’s remarkable clarity and thoughtfulness.
Details
| ISBN |
157344023X |
| Genre |
Romance |
| Publication Date |
Mar-96 |
| Publisher |
Cleis Press |
| Format |
Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages |
170 |
| Language |
English |
| Rating |
NotRated |
| BookID |
11297 |
