{"id":46450,"date":"2020-02-21T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=46450"},"modified":"2020-02-12T00:50:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T05:50:10","slug":"reproduction-by-ian-williams-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/reproduction-by-ian-williams-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Reproduction by Ian Williams [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Reproduction-Ian-Williams-BookDragon-532x800.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46282\" width=\"532\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Reproduction-Ian-Williams-BookDragon-532x800.jpg 532w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Reproduction-Ian-Williams-BookDragon.jpg 613w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/>Everything here sounds off-kilter \u2013 on purpose. Discomfort pervades the reading, whether conversations are awkwardly not-quite-synched between speakers, or sentences spoken in an (unnamed) Caribbean island patois are made purposefully wooden and German words and phrases become virtually unintelligible. That jagged performance, however, seems integral to Ian Williams\u2019 2019 Giller Prized debut novel, in which the disquieting delivery unexpectedly enhances an already unique on-the-page, meant-to-disrupt presentation.<\/p>\n<p>The story is not unique: the trials and tribulations of a multi-generationally dysfunctional Canadian family, which begin and end with two misfit progenitors \u2013 black teen immigrant Felicia and wealthy white German heir Edgar \u2013 who meet because of their dying mothers in a hospital. Decades later, their brief, uncomfortable union gets replayed \u2013 once more in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Winters (mostly Felicia), Andrew Shaw (mostly Edgar), David Woodward (mostly their son Army) take turns interrupting and overlapping one another, attempting to aurally simulate Williams\u2019 multi-voiced charts, lyrics, thoughts, negotiations. Words don\u2019t quite do justice here: to better interpret what\u2019s in the ears, visual clarification with a print copy is highly recommended (which is why libraries exist!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Reproduction-\/pid=9729665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Reproduction-\/pid=9729665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>Booklist Online<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Reproduction-\/pid=9729665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">, January 17, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything here sounds off-kilter \u2013 on purpose. 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