The New Genre
The simple, disoriented, and humorous narrative of A Feather on the Breath of God is reflected in the author, Sigrid Nunez.
Daughter to a Chinese-Panamanian father and a German mother, Nunez grew up speaking neither of her parents’ language. Instead, she is proficient in English and became both a teacher and a writer. Her novels are deemed a “new type of fiction” because of her “singular ability to bring the reader to the point of understanding the subject.” She is able to write a compelling fictional story, convincing the reader that every word is dipped in truth. How does she do this?