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From the award-winning author of Legend of a Suicide: "A kind of modern fairy tale . . . Vann's novels are striking, uncompromising portraits of American life" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). David Vann's dazzling debut Legend of a Suicide was reviewed in over a 150 major global publications, won eleven prizes worldwide, was on forty "best books of the year" lists, and established its author as a literary master. Now, in crystalline, chiseled yet graceful prose, Aquarium takes us into the heart of a brave young girl whose longing for love and capacity for forgiveness transforms the damaged people around her . . . Twelve-year-old Caitlin lives alone with her mother—a docker at the local container port—in subsidized housing next to an airport in Seattle. Each day, while she waits to be picked up after school, Caitlin visits the local aquarium to study the fish. Gazing at the creatures within the watery depths, Caitlin accesses a shimmering universe beyond her own. When she befriends an old man at the tanks one day, who seems as enamored by the fish as she, Caitlin cracks open a dark family secret and propels her once-blissful relationship with her mother toward a precipice of terrifying consequence. "A blue-collar parable . . . [The character] looks back on her life as a child looks into a tank, hoping to make sense of the world inside—a theme Vann develops beautifully, creating a mysterious realm of the wintry American city." —The Guardian Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atlantic Monthly Press


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Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 3, 2015


Edition ‏ : ‎ First Trade Paper


Language ‏ : ‎ English


File size ‏ : ‎ 4.8 MB


Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported


Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled


X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled


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    • Do yourself a favor and buy this in hard copy
Format: Hardcover
Important: this is a book that I strongly recommend reading in hard copy. The experience of the hardcover was fantastic: textured dust jacket, thick paper, two-color type, and full-color photographs interspersed throughout the text. The (entirely appropriate) title of this book is Aquarium, and the aquarium is where Caitlin spends most of her time after school, waiting for her mother to pick her up after work. Fortunately, Caitlin loves fish. You know how five-year-old boys are frequently obsessed with, say, dinosaurs, or insects, and they spout facts about them at every opportunity, and seem almost to see the world around them through dinosaur- or insect-tinted lenses? That's how Caitlin is about fish, and somehow, it's not precious or irritating -- at times, it's both surprisingly beautiful and shockingly profound. There were a few moments that inspired in me what I can only describe as sheer awe, a shivery recognition of something so true that it's beyond words or intellect. Caitlin's mom is also a fascinating character, because she contains within her two diametrically opposed archetypes, reconciled in a convincing way. On one hand, she is the stereotypically hardworking, blue-collar single mother, sacrificing her own comforts to try to give her daughter a better life. On the other hand, she nurses a deep hatred -- maybe the deepest I've ever seen in fiction -- for her father, who walked out on her family when her mother was dying of cancer. That hatred makes her crazy, literally, and her outbursts are both painful and compelling, forcing the reader to hover ambivalently between hatred and sympathy. In short, this book knocked my socks off. I felt drained by the end of it, because I'd invested so deeply that it was almost as if I'd been through the book's crises myself. I wish every book left me feeling so charged at the end. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2016 by Brave New Bookshelves
    • Sad but worthwhile read with thoughtful, prose like language
Format: Hardcover
This was not an easy read in that it often felt unbearably sad, but it left an impression on me and I really appreciated the book as a whole. It gave a glimpse into a side of people we don't want to see and the believability of the story and characters makes it all the more difficult to read. A young girl, Caitlin, has a fascination with fish and befriends an older man at the local aquarium. The story starts out deceptively light and quiet. Once Caitlin's mother learns about Caitlin's friend her fear for her daughter is heightened due to something that happened to her growing up. The mother's difficult past has manifested into hatred and borderline sadistic behavior, making her a wholly unlikable character, leaving little room for sympathy (in my opinion). My heart ached for other characters in the story as I experienced brutal, heavy, and raw moments alongside them. The language is beautifully stylistic and at times prose like, with wonderful imagery. I often found myself pausing to appreciate how appropriately and beautifully the fish/aquarium metaphor was used. One particular image still stands out in my mind, weeks after finishing the book. I'm normally drawn to books due to strong narrative and characters rather than style of writing, but Vann's use of language is a stand-out in this book. It is largely introspective and at times profound... "A terrible moment in childhood hovers with a kind of eternity, unbearable." "Each thing that happens to us, each and every thing, it leaves some dent, and that dent will always be there. Each of us is a walking wreck." The narrative is quieter in my opinion; the story in and of itself is not a page turner though there is a surprise or two and the chapters are short enough it's easy to keep reading "just one chapter more". I read it in a few days because I was so drawn to the language and characters, who are fully believable and well-written, if not all likeable. As others have mentioned, I also highly recommend the physical hardcover book. I don't know that I've ever read a book so physically appealing... thick pages with a smooth feel, two colored font, color images that add to the story, textured cover... it definitely added to my reading experience. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2018 by Nightowl.Bookworm

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