Anyone who wonders why Jonathan Lethem was the only novelist to be included among Newsweek's "100 People for the New Century" need only read his deliriously original new book, a science fiction/Western that combines the tragic momentum of The Searchers with the sexual tension of Lolita. At the age of 13, Pella Marsh emigrates with her family to the Planet of the Archbuilders. These enigmatic aborigines have names like Lonely Dumptruck and and Hiding Kneel - and a civilization that baffles and frightens their human visitors. As the spikily independent Pella becomes an uneasy envoy between two species, GIRL IN LANDSCAPE deftly interweaves themes of exploration and otherness, loss and sexual awakening.
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Pella is 13 when her mother dies and her father moves her and her brothers to the planet of the Archbuilders, double-jointed creatures with bodies of fur, shell, and leathery skin, whose civilization has become mired in lethargy. Pella comes of age in this strange and difficult place, leaving behind her carefree childhood and beginning new relationships with the children of the planet, who are thrown together by their homesteading parents. David Aaron Baker is an enthusiastic narrator. His storytelling draws out the dullness of the Archbuilders, which is contrasted with the enthusiasm and passion of the children. Baker seems to have fun with the characters and augments their varied personalities. J.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
Newsday ...
"One of the most original voices among younger American novelists....Jonathan Lethem's imagination [is]...marvelously fertile."
Village Voice ...
"Lethem is opening up blue sky for American fiction."
Atlanta Journal & Constitution...
"Complex, scary and finally moving."
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