![]() ![]() Her inner monologue at the start is about how happy she is, and how she will please her husband by keeping a clean house and following his instructions. At the beginning she’s extremely naive, and she seems incapable of having much agency. That’s because Comfort Me With Apples’ point of view character is Sophia. Sometimes, prose is about what’s not said, and that’s the case in this Comfort Me With Apples. In this case, that means plenty of intentional repetition and a simple vocabulary. Valente is well-known for her exquisite prose, and she changes her writing style to suit her story. Comfort Me With Apples, her newest also retells an old story-but trying to discern which old story is part of the joy. That’s true of fairy tales like Deathless or Speak Easy, legends like her Prester John series, or comic books with The Refrigerator Monologues. Valente often breaks down existing stories and uses them as fertilizer for her own work. ![]() valenteĬatherynne Valente is the author of over twenty-five books and the winner of numerous awards. BOOK REVIEW comfort me with apples by catherynne m. ![]()
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