Labrador A Novel
Labrador A Novel by Kathryn Davis is a reprint edition published by Graywolf Press on March 5, 2019. This 232-page work explores the complex dynamics of sisterhood through the lives of two unforgettable sisters, Willie and Kitty. Willie, the eldest, is portrayed as willful and beautiful, while Kitty, the youngest, is characterized by her brooding nature and deep connection to her sister. The narrative unfolds in a stark northern landscape, where Kitty encounters an angel named Rogni, who shares enigmatic fables that challenge her beliefs and hint at future betrayals.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes related to familial bonds, personal demons, and the enchantments that shape identity. The story delves into the sisters’ contrasting personalities and the impact of their relationship on their lives. With its literary style and evocative storytelling, Labrador presents a nuanced examination of the hidden hatreds and indelible pacts that define their connection. This edition invites readers to engage with the layered atmospherics and imaginative narrative that Kathryn Davis is known for.
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Back in print, Kathryn Davis’s riveting debut about the indelible pacts and hidden hatreds of sisterhood
Labrador is the story of two unforgettable sisters. Willie, the eldest, is willful, beautiful, and wayward; to Kitty, the youngest, she is the radiant center around which everything revolves. Kitty, too, is willful, but in the brooding manner of the inveterate loner. She is the one who is visited by an angel, Rogni, who reshapes her beliefs by telling her eerie, enigmatic fables that defy time and place, parables about bears, martyrs, and imprisoned daughters that seem to contain warnings about betrayals and violence to come. In the pared-down landscape of the far north, where the girls’ grandfather has his home, Kitty escapes the orbit of her sister and begins to come to terms with the demons—and the enchantments—that have been her birthright from the start.
In Labrador, Davis’s first novel, one finds the hallmark lyricism and startling narrative swerves, the layered atmospherics, the fierce intelligence and wit, and above all the wild and transformative qualities of her imagination that have defined her work ever since.
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