Description

Within their numerous locations--from Montreal (where a prosthetic knee portrays a mad cause on its beholders) to New Mexico (where a Soviet-period trade pupil redefines house for his hosts)--the figures in Babylon are visiting terms with lifeis epiphanies, for good or ill. They are the very small who, confronted by their parents' restrictions, uncover their own handle, to those experiencing middle-age and its specific indignities, no less decided to form their destinies and say themselves. Babylon and Other Reports displays the wit, insight, and humor which have created Alix Ohlin among the most respected young authors working today.