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A review by brice_mo
Little Labors by Rivka Galchen
5.0
All hail Queen Rivka.
I am incapable of being a mother, but this book on motherhood is one of the most formative pieces of writing I have encountered.
Galchen offers something alternately mysterious, hilarious, and impenetrable—but it always remains intensely readable and celebratory. Even more so than her other work, "Little Labors" highlights Galchen's propensity for inverting well-worn language and turning it into something wholly unexpected and fresh. It complements the theme of birth well— Galchen writes with the zeal of a child experimenting with the limits of language, but she maintains the gentle authority and precision of a mother watching over every word.
I believe I've purchased this book six times because I keep giving it away, and I fully believe I will do it again and again.
I am incapable of being a mother, but this book on motherhood is one of the most formative pieces of writing I have encountered.
Galchen offers something alternately mysterious, hilarious, and impenetrable—but it always remains intensely readable and celebratory. Even more so than her other work, "Little Labors" highlights Galchen's propensity for inverting well-worn language and turning it into something wholly unexpected and fresh. It complements the theme of birth well— Galchen writes with the zeal of a child experimenting with the limits of language, but she maintains the gentle authority and precision of a mother watching over every word.
I believe I've purchased this book six times because I keep giving it away, and I fully believe I will do it again and again.