Kennedy, A. L. "The Mouseboks Family Dictionary".
Summary
- an alphabetic list of words with special meaning to the eponymous family
- a mock psychiatrical analysis of the family history conditioning their present state
- the family - a set of lustful, morbid, and paranoid people
- refuse all kinds of religion, hence find no consolation in their lives
- fear one another, their own selves, and life in general
Analysis
- inventive in both form and content, creative, original, and amusing
- characters trapped within the cyclical trajectory of their daily routine, incapable to surpass their limits, failing to live and to enjoy it
Basics
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Author
Kennedy, Alison Louise. (b. 1965). -
Full Title
"The Mouseboks Family Dictionary". -
First Published
In: Now That You Are Back. London: Cape, 1994. -
Form
Short story.
Works Cited
Kennedy, A. L. "The Mouseboks Family Dictionary". Now That You Are Back. (1994). London: Vintage, 1995.