Magnetic Field(s)

Magnetic Field(s) by Loewinsohn, Ron. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781564782823.

Organized around the idea that "you cant know what a magnetic field is like unless youre inside of it, " Ron Loewinsohns first novel opens from the disturbing perspective of a burglar in the midst of a robbery and travels through the thoughts and experiences (both real and imaginary) of a group of characters whose lives are connected both coincidentally and intimately. All of the characters have a common desire to imagine and invent rather horrifying stories about the lives of people around them. As the novel develops, certain phrasings and images recur improbably, drawing the reader into a subtle linguistic game that calls into question the nature of authorship, the ways we inhabit and invade each others lives, and the shape of fiction itself.