A widow, aging and alone, tells her side of the story in this hilarious, poetic, and heartbreaking meditation on memory (Hazel & Wren). Tasked with writing the preface to a reissue of her late husband´s long-out-of-print novel, Edna also finds herself taking care of a vacationing neighbor´s pet rat, an aquarium of fish, and an apartment full of potted plants. Sitting at her typewriter day after day, her mind drifts in a Proustian marathon of introspection. What eventually unfolds, as if by accident, is the story of a marriage and a portrait of a mind pushed to its limits. Is Edna´s preface an homage to her late husband or an act of belated revenge? Is she the cultured and sensitive victim of a crass and brutally ambitious husband? Or was Clarence the long-suffering caretaker of a neurotic and delusional wife? The unforgettable characters in Sam Savage´s two bestselling novels Firmin and The Cry of the Sloth garnered worldwide critical acclaim. In Glass, a dazzling, graceful novel, Savage once again creates a character simultaneously appealing and exasperating, comical and tragic (Star Tribune). The book, while a skilled piece of storytelling, reads like a philosophical exploration . . . A fantastic experiment in perspective (January Magazine, Best of 2011). An engaging study of both the quirks and the depths of personality. -Kirkus Reviews Savage´s decision to use the point of view of an unreliable narrator will capture the attention of readers of literary fiction. The wry, bizarre humor will keep it. -Booklist Edna is hilarious, poetic, and heartbreaking, all without really trying to be. . . . The glimpses of her past life are so perfectly sculpted and are teeming with gorgeous language, and her humor that cuts them short is so precise and well-played. -Hazel & Wren Sam Savage´s exhilarating, often lilting use of language and his faultless characterization of the eccentric, unraveling of his main character, Edna, is evocative, poetic, and compelling. -New York Journal of Books An original and compelling book. Highly recommended -Library Journal (starred review) Readers are ultimately rewarded with a nearly voyeuristic pleasure, watching as this human life unfolds, reluctantly, in all its tragic splendor. -BookPage