Bitter Water by Opera Nicolette Polek simon even a violence that burned

even a violence that burned straight through her

the brilliant youngest

and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love

An electrifying debut novel about art

at the start of the Roaring Twenties

Bitter Water by Opera Nicolette Polek simon even a violence that burnedAn 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