The language of the stars is the language of the body. Like a star, the anorexic burns fuel that isn't replenished; she is held together by her own gravity. With luminous, lyrical prose, _Binary Star_ is an impassioned account of a young woman struggling with anorexia and her long-distance, alcoho
Binary Star
โ Scribed by Gerard, Sarah
- Book ID
- 108123916
- Publisher
- Two Dollar Radio
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 810 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781937512255
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โฆ Synopsis
"The particular genius of Binary Star is that out of such grim material it constructs beauty. It's like a novel-shaped poem about addiction, codependence and the relentlessness of the everyday, a kind of elegy of emptiness."
โNew York Times Book Review
"Rhythmic, hallucinatory, yet vivid as crystal. Gerard has channeled her trials and tribulations into a work of heightened reality, one that sings to the lonely gravity of the human body."
โNPR
"Sarah Gerard's debut, Binary Star, radiates beauty. Gerard captures the beauty and scientific irony of damaged relationships and ephemeral heavenly lights. Just as with the stars, it is collapse that offers the most illumination."
โLos Angeles Times
"Sarah Gerard's star is rising."
โThe Millions
"With the grace of a poem and the attitude of a punk anthem, Binary Star is an unusual treasure. Sarah Gerard is a young writer on the rise. She has a...
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