Tower of Glass
1979
First Published
4.07
Average Rating
190
Number of Pages
The five interlocking stories in The Tower Of Glass create a singular, powerful account of a nation in turmoil - and a prophetic warning about an oppressive government's need to control not just the society but the mind. Through symbolism, wry humour, and outrageous sexual frankness, Ivan Angelo tells of businessmen and whores, poor working people and Death Squads, truth and illusion, and methods of political manipulation and terror. From the gritty, bawdy story of "Bete the Streetwalker" to the Kafkaesque portrait of a prison made of glass, the fictional pieces demonstrate Angelo's masterful wordplay, and his ability to take formal and structural risks without a false step.
Avg Rating
4.07
Number of Ratings
30
5 STARS
30%
4 STARS
53%
3 STARS
10%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
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Authors
Ellen Watson
Author · 6 books
Ellen Doré Watson is an American poet, translator and teacher.
