Milkman by Anna Burns
Milkman by Anna Burns Milkman is about control, lack of control, and trying to gain control of the self amidst a constant barrage of constrictions. The story takes place in late 1970s Northern Ireland during The Troubles and follows the main character, and eighteen year old young woman who calls herself middle sister. She is the type of girl who reads while walking, a behavior that draws attention to her even though she does it to escape what is going on around her in her various attempts to ignore what is happening and those involved. One day while doing this she is stopped by the title character who appears out of nowhere and begins a stalking type relationship with middle sister, who seems unsure whether or not Milkman means to to bodily harm to her since he never touches her and almost never looks at her directly. Rumors spread that she and this Milkman, who is a leader in the paramilitary resistance to the "other religion," are in a relationship, which ve...