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list price: $12.95
edition:Paperback
category: Fiction
published: Jan 1999
ISBN:9781895636253
publisher:
Anvil Press
Description
'Touched' renders the emotional and intellectual implosion experienced by Jade King, a young university student. This debut novel challenges the social stigma attached to such altered states and traces the effects of physical violation and psychic trauma. Lundgren encourages a critical examination of current psychiatric labels and treatments through a narrative that interweaves family history, legal texts, medical documents-and brave, phantasmagoric writing.
" 'Touched' unfolds in poignant and insightful prose that clings to you long after you've turned the last page." - Room Magazine
" 'Touched' is an admirably crafted, exceedingly disturbing first novel." - Literature and Language
Contributor Notes
A past winner of the Open Space Emerging Writers' Competition and a finalist in 'Paragraph''s Short Fiction Contest, Jodi Lundgren has published in literary magazines such as 'Trivia', 'Paragraph' and 'subTerrain', as well as in the anthology 'Beyond Bedlam'. Her critical writing has appeared in 'Canadian Literature', 'Matrix' and 'Essays on Canadian Writing'. She is currently working on a novel for young adults.
