Undertow
by Amy Schutzer
Today’s Librarian Best Gay/Lesbian Fiction Award 2000
Finalist for the Violet Quill Award
Shortlisted for the 2000 Lambda Literary Award
Winner of the Astraea Fiction Fellowship
Experimental and beautiful, this book has a solid core.
In the award-winning Undertow, Dotty and Macy are brought together by accident and their love unfolds against a backdrop of the weighed and sifted pieces of their pasts.
“Like reading James Joyce filtered through William Faulkner ... a lyrical and powerful examination of the nature of love.” – Statesman Journal
“[A] lyrical first novel.” – Utne Reader
“Schutzer’s characterization is artful.... Recommended for all public libraries.” – Library Journal
“The book chronicles a lesbian love, but its universal message about relationships and family life is found in every page.” – Today’s Librarian
“Schutzer’s strange and engrossing characters add to the appeal of this imaginative review.” – Publishers Weekly
“This novel is beautifully written; its colors swirl and ebb like the rhythms of poetry … a wonderfully evocative novel.” – Brigit Well’s Newsletter
“Jeanette Winterson has said good writing isn’t about brilliant words but putting together simple words in a brilliant way. Undertow supports that.” – Just Out
“...a pageturner…for those who want an intense literary experience, one that challenges and broadens them.” – Texas Triangle
Undertow is a lyrical premier…. -- Lesbian Review of Books
“…fresh, original, and real. A poetic and authentic exploration of heartbreak and healing.” –Ellen Bass, author of The Courage to Heal
Amy Schutzer is a poet and fiction writer who lives in Portland, Oregon. Her work has appeared in a variety of literary journals and magazines including Portland Review, Fireweed, HLFQ, Sequoia, and Hurricane Alice. She received the Astraea Fiction Fellowship for this novel and a grant from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for Women. Her second novel, The Color Weather, is in the final stage of revision and polishing. She is working on a third novel and, always, poems.
Fiction/Lesbian Studies, 244 pages
$14.95, ISBN 0-934971-76-5 paper •
$29.95, ISBN 0-9349731-77-3 cloth
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