The Sunken Cathedral by Kate Walbert
The Sunken Cathedral follows a small cast negotiating a swiftly changing Manhattan neighborhood and the unease of twenty first century life. Marie and Simone are longtime friends and former immigrants who live as widows in Chelsea; Helen takes a painting class taught by Sid Morris in a dusty tenement studio slated for condo conversion; Elizabeth, Marie's upstairs tenant, grows increasingly unmoored. Told in a chorus of voices with interwoven long narrative footnotes, the novel examines the gap between outward action and inner longing.
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- Published
- 2015
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 212
- Original Language
- English
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