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Staff Pick
Katherine Dunn was a local treasure. Her books are some of the strangest, most uncomfortable things I've ever read; her world is alien, frightening and dangerous. Attic — her first book, published nearly fifty years ago — is not a lighthearted read. I absolutely loved it. Recommended By Ashleigh B., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Here is the slim, stunning debut novel from the acclaimed author of Geek Love. Attic follows a young woman named Kay who has joined a cult-like organization that sells magazine subscriptions in small towns. When Kay tries to cash a customer’s bad check, she lands in jail, and Dunn’s visceral prose gives us a vivid, stream-of-consciousness depiction of the space in which she’s held. As Kay comes to know the other inmates, alliances and rivalries are formed, memories are recounted, and lives are changed. Based on Katherine Dunn’s own formative coming-of-age experiences, Attic was critically lauded when it was first published in 1970. Now, it stands as an extraordinary, indelible work from one of our most celebrated writers.
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"One knows the prison is real.... The language floods the mind." The New York Times
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"Katherine Dunn [is] a practitioner of the highest form of writing there is: literature of the imagination." Chicago Sun Times
About the Author
Katherine Dunn was a novelist and boxing journalist who lived and worked in Oregon. She is the author of three novels: Attic; Truck; and Geek Love, which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Bram Stoker Prize. She died in 2016.