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Anagrams by Moore, Lorrie is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Anagrams about?

From Publishers Weekly Moore, praised for her short story collection Self-Help, makes her debut as a novelist with this story about what may be the disintegration of the thoroughly modern protagonist's personality. PW called Anagrams "original and highly inventive." Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Who exactly is Benna, the 33-year-old poetry teacher (or singer? or aerobics instructor?) we meet in this inventive novel? It is hard to say. She hidesfrom us, from herselfbehind imaginary identities, relationships, and scenarios in which elements of character and action are transposed like the letters of those anagrams she scribbles on napkins. Her fantasies are offered as straight narrative along with a stream of wisecracks ("All the world's a stage we're going through"). For deep down, Benna is terrified of the contingencies of reality ("One gust of wind and Santa became Satan"), longs for the very continuity she mocks. This won't be everyone's cup of tea. Still, the virtuosity of Moore's widely praised Self-Help ( LJ 3/15/85) is once again evident, and when she fleetingly reveals the vulnerability beneath the sleight of hand, it is very affecting.

Who reads Anagrams?

Author

Moore, Lorrie

Publisher

Vintage

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780571151905

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Fiction

Rating

3.95 / 5 (371 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14