July's protagonist, who talks a lot about respiration-"I breathed in; I breathed out"-finally breathes life back into herself. In this bland environment she undergoes a physical and spiritual awakening.
All Fours frames middle age as something that must be felt and communicated afresh, one powerful, awkward, minutely recorded sensation at a time.
Some clichés are like planets, their gravitational pull too strong for all but the most propulsive acts of creativity. Middle age is one of these.
The history of middle age begins as far back as the eye can read. In classical Western literature, the middle of life is represented as a time to live and die magnificently.
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