Bitter Water by Opera Nicolette Polek simon and eventually

and eventually

In the words of writer Michelle Tea

An electrifying debut novel about art

as poignant and startling today as they were when published in the early 1970s

at the start of the Roaring Twenties

Bitter Water by Opera Nicolette Polek simon and eventuallyAn electrifying debut novel about art, solitude, family, and faith in a world without it In 1967, the dancer Marta Becket and her husband were traveling through Death Valley Junction when they came across an abandoned theater. Marta decided it was hers. She painted her ideal audience on its walls and danced her own dances until her death five decades later. In the present day, Gia has ended a relationship and taken a leave from her job in film studies