It’s impossible.It’s impossible that prose could be so distinctive and unorthodox yet never lose its power or its focus.It’s impossible that characters could be so larger than life, so diverting, so compelling.It’s impossible that in Properties of Thirst, Marianne Wiggins could alloy into one narrative two frightful examples of American Might Makes Right: the internment of American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II, and the bullying theft of Sierra runoff water by parched and undeserving...
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