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      Shutter of Snow

      by Emily Holmes Coleman
      Published
      Sep 1986
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      In a prose form as startling as its content, The Shutter of Snow portrays the post-partum psychosis of Marthe Gail, who after giving birth to her son, is committed to an insane asylum. Believing herself to be God, she maneuvers through an institutional world that is both sad and terrifying, echoing the worlds of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Snake Pit.
      Based upon the author's own experience after the birth of her son in 1924, "The Shutter of Snow" retains all the energy it had when first published in 1930.

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      First Edition Sep 1986 Penguin ISBN13 9780140161441 ISBN10 0140161449
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      Aug 1997 Dalkey Archive Press ISBN13 9781564781475 ISBN10 156478147X
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      Feb 2023 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN13 9780571375202 ISBN10 0571375200
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      Feb 2023 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN13 9780571375219 ISBN10 0571375219
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