TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keenan,David
TI  - Xstabeth
SN  - 9781609457341
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Europa Editions
KW  - Fathers and daughters
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Music
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Experimental fiction
KW  - Novels
N1  - "First published in Great Britain in 2020 by White Rabbit"--Title page verso
N2  - A transcendent love letter to literature and music, Xstabeth is an exciting new work from a writer who, book-by-book, is rewriting the rules of contemporary fiction. Aneliya's father dreams of becoming a great musician but his naivete and his unfashionable music suggest he will never be taken seriously. Her father's best friend, on the other hand, has a penchant for vodka, strip clubs, and moral philosophy. Aneliya is torn between love of the former and passion for the latter. When an angelic presence named Xstabeth enters their lives Aneliya and her father's world is transformed. A short, stylish novel with a big heart, humor, Xstabeth moves from Russia to Scotland, touching upon the pathos of Russian literature and the Russian soul, the power of art and music to shape reality, and the metaphysics of golf while telling a moving father-daughter story in highly-charged, torrential prose
ER  -