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Cover of In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell

In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods

2013·312 pages

Fantasy Literary Fiction

dreamy magical realism

Escaping the busy confusion of his homeland and moving to an almost-uninhabited lake shore where he plans on living simply and raising a family, a man descends into rage, obsession, and an abstract sense of reality when his wife suffers multiple miscarriages.

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In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods

Year

2013

Pages

312

Fantasy Literary Fiction

Tags

dreamy magical realism

Description

Escaping the busy confusion of his homeland and moving to an almost-uninhabited lake shore where he plans on living simply and raising a family, a man descends into rage, obsession, and an abstract sense of reality when his wife suffers multiple miscarriages.

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