My Father Was a Man on Land and a Whale in the Water

Synopsis

A Young Woman Goes On A Perilous Journey In Search Of Her Absent Father. What Ensues Is A Freudian Adult Fairytale In This Exciting Debut By Young Swiss Author Michelle Steinbeck. A Child Attacks Loribeth With An Iron While She Is Sleeping. In Retaliation Loribeth Throws The Iron Onto The Child From An Upstairs Window, Packs The Damaged Body Into A Suitcase And Sets Off On Her Travels. Thus Starts Steinbeck's Unusual, Poetic Novella About A Young Woman's Transition From Childhood To Adulthood. In This Fantastical Novella, Steinbeck Depicts Her Protagonist's Unsettled State Of Mind In Poetic And Energetic Prose.