Slow Emergencies A Novel
Slow Emergencies A Novel by Nancy Huston, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on January 8, 2002, is a reprint edition comprising 208 pages. This novel explores the life of Lin, who balances her roles as a wife and mother with her passion for dance. As her desire to return to the world of dance intensifies, Lin faces a pivotal choice between her family life and her artistic aspirations, highlighting the emotional complexities that arise from such a conflict.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into the themes of creativity, vulnerability, and the passage of time. The story illustrates the emotional turmoil experienced by Lin and her family as she grapples with her identity as an artist. Through this exploration, Huston presents a meditation on the solitude that often accompanies the creative process, making it a thought-provoking read for those interested in literary fiction.
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Lin has a husband, two daughters, and close friends. But dance is her passion. Inescapably, it imposes itself upon her, until the inevitable moment when she must choose between her family life and the all-consuming world of dance to which she aches to return.
Slow Emergencies conveys an irresistible impulse to create, and illustrates the emotional turmoil that ensues for Lin and her family. Nancy Huston, award-winning author of The Mark of the Angel, writes brilliantly here about the passage of time, the body’s vulnerability, and the solitude of creative endeavor. What results is a deeply felt novel that offers a disquieting but profoundly moving meditation on just what it means to be an artist.
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