![]() ![]() ![]() If you could open up your own chest, you would find your heart behind your breastbone, nestled between your lungs… Reach into your chest cavity and pull your lungs away from your heart to fully appreciate the complexity of this organ…Behold, your heart. This simplicity, however, is shattered by sudden breaks into powerful direct narration to the reader: This creates an unsettled state in the reader and can distract him/her from really engaging with the text. Despite these complex techniques, at a glance the narrative seems simple, almost geared towards an audience too young for the content. Lisamarie (Lisa) narrates in first person and does not follow chronological order the narration frequently resembles stream of consciousness and wanders around through Lisa’s thoughts and memories. The narrative style of Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson makes the novel both difficult to engage with and yet incredibly powerful and moving. ![]()
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