This Heavy Silence
A Novel
By (author) Nicole Mazzarella
- ISBN: 9781557255082
- Trim size: 5.37 x 7.93 inches
- Weight: 9 ounces.
- Pages: 272
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2018
- Format: Paperback
Spanning a decade, This Heavy Silence explores the power of the vows we make to others, and, more binding, those we make to ourselves. Evoking the hardship, spring-fed beauty, and the complexities of community in the rural Midwest, this award-winning, beautifully observed novel leads us to question our ideas about motherhood, faith, and the debts we owe.
"Like the land she inhabits and the people she attends, Nicole Mazzarella offers a subtle and enduring beauty, born of intense interiority, and vision both broad and deep."
-Scott Cairns, author of Philokalia: New & Selected Poems
“First novelist Mazzarella creates a memorable protagonist who thwarts every chance at love by demanding those around her to join in her all-consuming devotion to the land. She knows the life she has chosen, and she also knows the terrible price she will pay for it. A finalist for the Paraclete Press Fiction Award of 2004, this is highly recommended for all collections.” —Library Journal Starred Review