"At first "Savage Coast" is a train-of-fools comedy; later, it's a cross-cultural love story Hemingway would have envied for its suddenness." --New York Times Book Review "Rejected by her publisher in 1937, poet Rukeyser's newly discovered autobiographical novel is both an absorbing read and an important contribution to 20th-century history.... Ironically, the factors that led to the novel's rejection--Rukeyser's avant-garde impressionistic prose style, alternating with realistic scenes of brutal death and a few descriptions of sexual congress--are what make the book appealing...
"At first "Savage Coast" is a train-of-fools comedy; later, it's a cross-cultural love story Hemingway would have envied for its suddenness." --New...
