Thursday, May 27, 2010

Rooms in the House of Stone


#449
Title: Rooms in the House of Stone
Author: Michael Dorris
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Year: 1993
66  pages

In the 1980's, Dorris visited refugee camps in Zimbabwe in his role as a board member for Save the Children. This little book of Dorris's pensees includes factual material, emotional reactions, and descriptive sketches. It's surprisingly effective as an evocation of the circumstances, the camps, and the helplessness one can feel even while being helpful.

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