Book description
Early on July 16, 1945, Joshua Wheeler's great grandfather awoke to a flash, and then a long rumble: the world's first atomic blast filled the horizon north of his ranch in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Out on the range, the cattle had been bleached white by the fallout.
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Another jealous-worthy book, this collection of essays explores the fallout from atomic testing.
It goes beyond that.
My favorite essay in the collection is “Living Room.” The piece centers around a television gifted to the writer after the death of a high school classmate he doesn’t remember. From there, it weaves together the philosophical notion of memory with the more tangible, hard-luck details of Werther’s candies, peach sherbert, a red leather sofa.
The title of the book is spot-on, and any fan of Denis Johnson’s prose will love this collection.
From Andrew's list on the Land of Enchantment that go beyond Cañon Road and Kachina Dolls.
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