num_pages: 216
description: Lilianes Balcony is a multi-voiced novella-in-flash set at Frank Lloyd Wrights Fallingwater. Built for Pittsburgh merchants E.J. and Liliane Kaufmann in 1935 the house is as much a character as it is a setting. One September night in 1952 Liliane Kaufmanntired of her husbands infidelitiesoverdoses on pain pills in her bedroom. From there Lilianes Balcony alternates Mrs. Kaufmanns mostly true story with the fictional narratives of four modern-day tourists who arrive at the historic home in the midst of their own personal crises all of which culminate on Mrs. Kaufmanns over-sized cantilevered balcony. With its ghosts motorcycles portraits Vikings failed relationships and many layered voices Kelcey Parkers Lilianes Balcony is as dizzying and intricately beautiful as the architectural wonder in which it is set.
language: English
title: Liliane's Balcony
publisher: Rose Metal Press