6/25/2023 0 Comments Chouette a novelThe narrator, a woman called Tiny, gives birth to what she calls an owl baby, and the story proceeds from there. You may wonder - how could such a thing come to pass between woman and owl? I, too, am astounded because my owl lover was a woman. Two weeks later, I learn that I'm pregnant. The next morning, I see talon marks across my chest that trace the path of my owl lover's embrace. (Reading) I dream I'm making tender love with an owl. KURTZLEBEN: Now, there may be no better way to introduce this book to our listeners than to just have you read the first few paragraphs. Claire Oshetsky is here to tell us about it. Its author, Claire Oshetsky, calls it a parable about motherhood, and it is an engrossing, surreal portrayal of motherhood. It is by turns poetic, gory, heartbreaking and strange. The new novel "Chouette" is a lots of things at once.
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