I Am Clarence
A Novel
$31.10
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
13 May 2025
Summary
A haunting novel exploring a mother’s fierce love for her disabled son as she grapples with her own mental health, by the author of the feminist cult classic The Princess of 72nd Street.
“According to Dr. Hovenclock, health meant wanting things. What would I have to pretend to want before he would let me leave? I longed to return to Clarence.”
For Clarence’s mother, life revolves around her young son; she takes him to see specialists to find the cause of his blindness…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593731857 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593731859 |
| Author: | Elaine Kraf, Sarah Manguso |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Torchbearers |
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Critics Review
“Deliciously off-kilter [and as] brilliant as it is unsettling … This rediscovered classic was ahead of its time with its wrenching, kaleidoscopic account of a single mother struggling with mental health and raising a child with a disability… . A hidden gem.”—Shelf Awareness
About The Author
Elaine Kraf
Elaine Kraf (1936-2013) was a writer and painter. She was the author of four published works of fiction- I Am Clarence (1969), The House of Madelaine (1971), Find Him! (1977), and The Princess of 72nd Street (1979)-as well as several unpublished novels, plays, and poetry collections. She was the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts awards, a 1971 fellowship at the Broad Loaf Writers’ Conference, and a 1977 residency at Yaddo. She was born and lived in New York City.
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