A review by austindoherty
Margery Kempe by Robert Glück

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

4.0

On the atomic level, which is the level of images, an astonishing book. Some of Gluck's metaphors are breathtaking in their elegance and effortlessness. "She watches her desires yellow into problems and fall from the branch." Others are more intricate, as with this passage, which immediately follows Bob groveling in front of his lover L., begging him to stay. "Margery tried to kiss a leper on the street but he drew back offended." A kiss refused! The wretched proud! The stuff of love.