Description
A razor-sharp debut about desire, artifice and dissolution on a remote homestead in Alaska, for fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, Nell Zink and Miranda July
About the Author
Rebecca Rukeyser is the recipient of the inaugural Berlin Senate grant for non-German literature. Her fiction has appeared in such publications as ZYZZYVA, the Massachusetts Review and Best American Nonrequired Reading. She earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop and teaches writing at Bard College Berlin.
Reviews
I didn't realize how much I needed this lusty, funny, heart-breaking book until I devoured it in a single sitting... A sharp, flawless debut -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties
An age-old story-puppy love meets jaded lust to dance their death spiral inside a young woman's head-told with the shameless authenticity of 2022. I ate it up -- Nell Zink
Original and adventurous, horny and hilarious-it's everything I want from a book. -- Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch
Brilliant and possibly the horniest thing I've ever read. But this is Advanced Horniness, the kind that can see the sex in phone book listings, vicarious jealousy, five thousand dollars, and the cold devouring ocean -- Tony Tulathimutte, author of Private Citizens
A tender trickster of a novel, told with humor, insight and just the right amount of raunch ... Read it now. -- Angela Flournoy, author of The Turner House
A kind of anti-coming of age ballad, a celebration of taking the wrong paths in life, the beauty of what mistakes can teach us about ourselves -- Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl
Funny, sensual, elegiac, and phenomenally perceptive ... this novel is not to be missed -- Tom Drury, author of Pacific
The Seaplane on Final Approach is so much fun; astute, and so evocative of the obsessive yearning of young adulthood, the narratives we devise then hopelessly fall into as we're trying to make sense of the world -- Lisa McInerney * author of The Glorious Heresies *
There's plenty of comedy here... the humour gains a more mature and melancholy edge... When the end comes, it's catastrophic, as well as lengthy, gruesome fun * Daily Telegraph *
Painfully recognisable adolescent yearning... A deftly juggled mix of mercilessly sharp character judgment and gentle compassion for each person's failings... definitely one for readers who enjoy the sort of dive into dysfunction championed by Ottessa Moshfegh * The Times *
Assured, elegant... [Rukeyser] create[s] a taut atmosphere * Irish Times *
An illuminating and magical coming-of-age story * Daily Mail *
Arresting... a jaunty, perfectly paced and exceptionally well-written coming-of-age story... Slyly funny, with just the right touch of darkness to take the edge off * TLS *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783786084
Author Rebecca Rukeyser
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 204g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 17mm