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Oppression for the Heaven of It | Moore Bowen

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Fiction. Winner of the 2013 Kenneth Patchen award for an Experimental Novel. In his encomium for the award, contest judge Harold Jaffe stated, "The winning novel has the virtue of being frank and honest, and, particularly, it addresses an exiled condition—schizophrenia—from the subject position. One rarely finds that. OPPRESSION FOR THE HEAVEN OF IT consists primarily of dialogue between Moonway and his mother, the ostensible writer. The dialogue is evocative and necessary, and the novel has heart, honesty, deep compassion, and addresses a mostly outlawed subject vividly and unselfishly."

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Oppression for the Heaven of It | Moore Bowen

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This is one I never would have picked up on my own--but read it for my book group. The author is a local person and might be an acquaintance of the book group member that selected it. It's a docu-fiction work, based on letters, conversations, medical and other records that captures how schizophrenia influences a mother and son.

I don't quite know what to say about it. It's fascinating and heartbreaking.

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