Tideland
Tideland is the third published book by author Mitch Cullin, and is the third installment of the writer's
Texas Trilogy that also includes the coming-of-age novel
Whompyjawed[1] and the novel-in-verse
Branches.[2] The story is a first-person narrative told by the young Jeliza-Rose, detailing the summer she spent alone at an isolated, rundown farmhouse in Texas called What Rocks. With only the heads of old Barbie dolls to keep her company, Jeliza-Rose embarks on a series of highly imagined and increasingly surreal adventures in the tall grass surrounding the farmhouse.[3]
Tideland was first published in the United States in 2000 by Dufour Editions.[4] The book received major notices upon publication, including a review from
New York Times Book Review[5][6] which wrote that the novel was "brilliant and beautiful." Some have favourably compared the book to earlier Southern Gothic American literature such as
To Kill a Mockingbird and
A Rose for Emily,[6] while others, including Terry Gilliam and film producer Jeremy Thomas, have called the book a modern hybrid of
Psycho and
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.