Glaciers (by Alexis Smith)

I have another goal this year, to get through some of my unread books on paper, and probably Glaciers is the book I was thinking of when I made this resolution.  I bought this novella a dozen years ago from a display at Powell's Books - deckled edges, matte blue color, lovely cover,  pleasing form factor, and published by Powell's imprint - who could resist?  And yet somehow, I never managed to actually read it.

Once I did determine to read it, it went  fast! It's a novella about a day in the life of our main character, Isabel. Very Mrs Dalloway in its interiority, and how Isabel's reminiscences of childhood flesh out the narrative. It reads very "this is my MFA thesis" in that it's consciously poetic, very writerly, as opposed to organic, and is more about mood than any major plot happenings. 

I truly don't know what took me so long to read this - I hope whoever discovers it in our Little Free Library enjoys this poetic little novella.