Omnibo
A Novella
Published on 28. February 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-881515-96-8 (ISBN)
Description
"Suzanne Freeman's light-hearted look at the foibles of modern society offers a brittle examination of American consumerism's mad dash toward manufactured solutions to everyday problems. Her all-encompassing survey of middle-class values skewers short-sighted science, corporate greed, and the mania to find both health and happiness in marketed products. Writing in the best tradition of modern satire, Freeman's story evokes shades of Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Thomas Berger, and maybe just a dash of Fannie Flagg and Dave Barry. This is a witty work, but with a sobering point about the American way of acceptance." - Clay Reynolds, Final Judge "Food for thought, with many delicious laughs." - Jim Hightower, best-selling author"
Reviews / Votes
Suzanne Freeman's light-hearted look at the foibles of modern society offers a brittle examination of American consumerism's mad dash toward manufactured solutions to everyday problems. Her all-encompassing survey of middle-class values skewers short-sighted science, corporate greed, and the mania to find both health and happiness in marketed products. Writing in the best tradition of modern satire, Freeman's story evokes shades of Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Thomas Berger, and maybe just a dash of Fannie Flagg and Dave Barry. This is a witty work, but with a sobering point about the American way of acceptance. - Clay Reynolds, Final Judge ""Food for thought, with many delicious laughs."" - Jim Hightower, best-selling authorMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Huntsville
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
168 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-881515-96-8 (9781881515968)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
SUZANNE FREEMAN is a writer who lives in the Texas Hill Country. She was born in Ft. Worth in 1951 and received a journalism degree at UT Austin. Her poetry has appeared in publications ranging from Bird Watcher's Digest to Social Anarchism to The Journal of the American Medical Association. Ominbo, which won the Clay Reynolds Novella Prize for 2005, marks her fiction debut.