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 · Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen. ByDavid Pullar/21 September “I did tell Rema that her response was ludicrously out of Author: David Pullar. Atmospheric Disturbances is at once a moving love story, a dark comedy, a psychological thriller, and a deeply disturbing portrait of a fracturing mind. With tremendous compassion and dazzling literary sophistication, Rivka Galchen investigates the moment of crisis when you suddenly realize that the reality you insist upon is no longer one you can accept, and the person you love has become merely the . Atmospheric Disturbances, a first novel by Rivka Galchen, is filled with fun and promise. Her narrator is a psychiatrist named Leo, who is certain that the woman who came home one day was not his wife but rather a perfect, or near perfect, simulacrum. It's a promising start for readers who enjoy the bizarre/5().

Rivka Galchen's new book Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch is about a woman accused of witchcraft in 17th century Germany. Galchen is a writer for The New Yorker and author of books. "Atmospheric Disturbances, Rivka Galchen's playful and moving first novel, explores the consequences of a radical change of personality." - Sameer Rahim, The Telegraph "Even as the novel's ticker tape of weathermen, mental patients, dwarf people, seductive waitresses, and chimp-human hybrids begins to unspool, Galchen's sentences remain cool. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen. ByDavid Pullar/21 September “I did tell Rema that her response was ludicrously out of proportion. She must actuallybe worried about something. Atmospheric Disturbances is at once a moving love story, a dark comedy, a psychological thriller, and a deeply disturbing portrait of a fracturing mind. With tremendous compassion and dazzling literary sophistication, Rivka Galchen investigates the moment of crisis when you suddenly realize that the reality you insist upon is no longer one you can accept, and the person you love has become merely the person you live with. In “Atmospheric Disturbances,” Leo’s deprecating attitude toward the Rema imitator resembles Borges’s attitude toward his double. Galchen operates on Borges’s conceit, adapting it.