Chromos Countries Ann Quin's finely wrought novel

Ann Quin's finely wrought novel reflects the multiple meanings of the very word "passages

among his other work

he's won virtually every major American poetry prize

Despite criticism at the time that it lacked unity and was too “variegated” to be called a purely “Shklovskian book

and a diary annotated with those thoughts that provoked the entries

Chromos Countries Ann Quin's finely wrought novelA controversial finalist for the National Book Award in 1990, Chromos is one of the true masterpieces of post World War II fiction. Written in the 1940s but left unpublished until 1990, Chromos anticipated the fictional inventiveness of the writers A controversial finalist for the National Book Award in 1990, Chromos is one of the true masterpieces of post World War II fiction. Written in the 1940s but left unpublished until 1990, Chromos anticipated