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      Magnetic Field

      by Ron Loewinsohn
      Published
      May 1983
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      181
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      Organized around the idea that "you can't know what a magnetic field is like unless you're inside of it, " Ron Loewinsohn's first novel opens from the disturbing perspective of a burglar in the midst of a robbery and travels through the thoughts and experiences (both real and imaginary) of a group of characters whose lives are connected both coincidentally and intimately. All of the characters have a common desire to imagine and invent rather horrifying stories about the lives of people around them. As the novel develops, certain phrasings and images recur improbably, drawing the reader into a subtle linguistic game that calls into question the nature of authorship, the ways we inhabit and invade each other's lives, and the shape of fiction itself.

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      Dec 1984 Bantam ISBN13 9780553341171 ISBN10 0553341170
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      Nov 2002 Dalkey Archive Press ISBN13 9781564782823 ISBN10 1564782824
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      First Edition May 1983 Knopf ISBN13 9780394531052 ISBN10 0394531051
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