- My Death

by Lisa Tuttle

Other authorsAmy Gentry (Introduction)
Paperback, 2023

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Collection

Publication

NYRB Classics (2023), 144 pages

Description

"The narrator of this creepy but feministically delicious novella, an early 21st-century novelist decides to write the biography of Helen Ralston, an all-but-forgotten 20th-century novelist she has long admired. In the late 1920s, Helen studied painting with W.E. Logan. Logan painted her as Circe, and Helen painted herself as an island titled My Death. When they parted for good, both turned to writing. Willy became famous; Helen did not. The narrator of My Death intends to do something about that. But first she must solve the mystery of Helen's relationship with Willy and why Helen titled her self-portrait My Death"--

User reviews

LibraryThing member DarthFisticuffs
I'm not really sure how to describe My Death, except to say that it's entirely unexpected from beginning to end, and so strangely interesting that I read it all in one go - not that it's very long, but I literally couldn't put it down.

Awards

World Fantasy Award (Nominee — Novella — 2005)
British Fantasy Award (Nominee — Novella — 2005)
International Horror Guild Award (Nominee — Long Fiction — 2004)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2004

Physical description

144 p.; 7.97 inches

ISBN

1681377721 / 9781681377728
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