NIGHT NAVIGATION by Ginnah Howard

November 11th, 2009 admin

Book Quote: “Drug dramas. And manic-depression. Hard to know which roller coaster you’re riding.” Book Review: Review by Bonnie Brody (NOV 11, 2009) Ginnah Howard’s Night Navigation is a powerful and unflinching novel about drug addiction and mental illness. It is beautifully written in a terse and spare style that is both rich and evocative. The narrative reminded me of the music of Erik Satie or the pizzicato violin in the andante movement of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto. The writing is that beautiful and melodic. It made me rise out of myself into the world that Ms. Howard …

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