Description
An eerie modern tale for fans of Shirley Jackson and Sarah Hall from a young American writer hailed as one of the finest of her generation
About the Author
Catherine Lacey is the author of the novels THE ANSWERS and NOBODY IS EVER MISSING, and the collection of stories CERTAIN AMERICAN STATES. She has won a Whiting Award, was a finalist for the NYPL's Young Lions Fiction Award, and was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists. Her books have been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch & German. She was born in Mississippi and is based in Chicago.
Reviews
A stranger comes to town, and takes us with them into their estrangement among the denizens of a conservative religious community. The people of this community are stifling, and generous, cruel, earnest, needy, overconfident, fragile and repressive, which is to say that they are brilliantly rendered by their wise maker, Catherine Lacey -- Rachel Kushner, author of * The Mars Room *
I consumed it. It is the electric charge we need -- Daisy Johnson, author of * Everything Under *
The mercurial and electric Catherine Lacey has now conjured up an of-the-moment fable of trauma and projection - one part Kaspar Hauser, one part James Purdy, and one part Rachel Cusk. The pages shimmer with implication -- Jonathan Lethem, author of * Motherless Brooklyn *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783785193
Author Catherine Lacey
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 162g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 13mm