The Haunted House Author:Rebecca Brown Through a lyrical weaving of fantasy and childhood memory, narrator Robin Daley considers the contradictions between her material existence and unmet needs. Given her transient childhood and distant family relationships, her father finally abandoned his wife and children. She is prone to question the very concept of identity. — Robin's search fo... more »r a sense of self is continually frustrated, as even the Victorian house she and her lesbian lover are restoring violates her need for permanence by flooding mysteriously from the floorboards. The most transparent moments of her surreal dialogue may still be fragmentary and fleeting, but they represent reality as she perceives it. Here, fluid language becomes the post-modern truth of subjectivity.« less