The form of the story stays amorphous, because the plot isn’t meant to be coherent. Her narrative spirals in on itself in confused loops, repeatedly returning, the way dreams do, to certain images: David’s mother Carla in a gold bikini, the idea of a rope stretching between Amanda and Nina, a glass of lemonade sitting by the pool.Įventually Fever Dream acquires a mythology to explain the worms and David’s persistent oddness, one that involves toxic chemicals and a village healer, but nothing ever comes fully clear. In a series of questions that begin to feel like a catechism, David presses Amanda to talk through the events of the past few days, to determine the moment when the worms were born. Amanda is also worried about her daughter, Nina - but Nina, David tells her, is not important:Īnd Nina? If all of this is really happening, where is Nina? My God, where is Nina? It’s presented in one long unbroken string, with David’s speech in italics and Amanda’s in roman type.ĭavid and Amanda are concerned about the worms growing inside her body. She is talking to a child named David, who is not her son, and their dialogue is the text of the novel. Its action is minimal: A woman is lying in a bed. Fever Dream operates on the level of pure atmosphere.
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