Description
About the Author
Ross Barkan is a novelist and journalist from New York City. He has published two previous books, Demolition Night and The Prince, and his journalism and essays have appeared in a wide variety of outlets, including the New York Times, the Nation, the Guardian, and the New Yorker.
Reviews
"An Earth-loving collective turns sinister. Though Barkan never uses the word cult, House of Earth is chillingly evocative of many, and as the novel takes its darker turns, the end is both shocking and inevitable." -Kirkus Reviews "With this haunting tale of innocence forever lost, Ross Barkan deftly explores how well-intentioned ideals, when taken to extremes, can lead to monstrous outcomes." -Pitchaya Sudbanthad, author of Bangkok Wakes to Rain "The Night Burns Bright is mysterious and fascinating, a story that's always told with the utmost urgency but also intriguingly eluding any sort of easy reach or classification. This is the sort of ambition all books should have." -Will Leitch, author of How Lucky "Captivating from the very first page, The Night Burns Bright is a consummate thriller from the pen of a philosopher-poet. Barkan has done something wonderful, subtle, and brilliant here: in the character of Lucien-a young boy whose subjectivity is cast in the fires of 9/11-we find a contemporary Virgil, a trusted guide to the sweep of time, ruin, and the small beauties that have defined the early 21st century. Rarely has a character been such a fully-fleshed out, heartfelt, addictively readable historian of our times." -Jordy Rosenberg, author of Confessions of a Fox
Book Information
ISBN 9781542037150
Author Ross Barkan
Format Paperback
Page Count 348
Imprint Lake Union Publishing
Publisher Amazon Publishing