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OverviewFiction. On an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American newly arrived in a foreign city pays a young man for sex. Over the next months, as what at first seems an uncomplicated transaction deepens into something more intricate and unnerving, his discovery of the geography and griefs of an unfamiliar country is accompanied by the unfolding of Mitko's own narrative, his private history of illness, exploitation, and want. The story of a desire that grows increasingly ambivalent, poised between submission, need, and resentment, MITKO is a powerful meditation on the chances of history and privilege, on mutual predation, and on our inability to know with any certainty the natures of others or our own fugitive selves. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Garth GreenwellPublisher: Miami University Press Imprint: Miami University Press Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.113kg ISBN: 9781450762144ISBN 10: 145076214 Pages: 96 Publication Date: 01 June 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsMITKO is a novella of astonishing force and poignance, and Greenwell's Sofia brings to mind Christopher Isherwood's Berlin or the Saigon of Marguerite Duras. <br><br>--Honor Moore, author of The Bishop's Daughter In MITKO Garth Greenwell displays a dazzling ability to negotiate the shadowy boundary between lust and longing. The story is thoroughly modern, but the elegance of his style, his devotion to his characters, and his Jamesian skill in parsing emotions give this narration a timeless quality. A splendid debut. --Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street MITKO is a novella of astonishing force and poignance, and Greenwell's Sofia brings to mind Christopher Isherwood's Berlin or the Saigon of Marguerite Duras. --Honor Moore, author of The Bishop's Daughter Author InformationGarth Greenwell lives in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he teaches at the American College of Sofia. MITKO is his first book. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |