Angels Go Naked

"Nixon...writes novels with a short-story writer's sensibility; each chapter in ANGELS GO NAKED could more or less stand on its own as a self-contained story. The advantage of this technique is that Nixon can play tricks with time, skip years between chapters and introduce major characters midway through the book. The disadvantage is that she leaves ellipses in the novel's structure, which can make her characters seem inconsistent....Still, it's hard to fault a novelist for charting her characters' highs and lows. If we're occasionally left wishing for a narrative plateau--a flat space in which to catch our breath--that's only because Cornelia Nixon's words take our breath away with such startling regularity."Nixon, Cornelia is the author of 'Angels Go Naked' with ISBN 9781582430621 and ISBN 1582430624.