An Earthquake is A Shaking of the Surface of the Earth: A Novel

In An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth, an unnamed narrator struggles to regain the ability to walk after a sudden seismic event has rendered unpredictable shifts and undulations in the ground. Convinced of a need to find and kill her younger housemate, Tala, who has disappeared, the narrator struggles physically and psychically to contend with her homicidal task in the wake of failure as a Method actor. The narrator travels back in time and out into a dust-covered, shadowy city, where she is targeted by charismatic ''healing'' ideologues with uncertain motives. Torn between a paranoid suspicion of internalized, toxic language, and a desperate attempt to find stability and feel something like whole, she is forced to question familiar figurations of light, shadow, authenticity, and voice, taking tentative steps toward a new understanding of self and world.

• | Author: Anna Moschovakis
• | Publisher: Soft Skull Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 19, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781593767839
• | ISBN-10: 1593767838