# The Understory

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- Book: [The Understory](https://www.bookquiver.com/pamela-erens/the-understory) ([The Understory.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/pamela-erens/the-understory.md))
- Authors: [Pamela Erens](https://www.bookquiver.com/pamela-erens)
- Publisher: tin_house
- ISBN: 978-19-3563-985-5
- Pages: 200
- Published: 2014-04-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Set in New York City and in a Buddhist monastery in rural Vermont, The Understory is both a mystery and a psychological study and reveals that repression and self-expression can be equally destructive....