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"Dazzling.... Vann knows the darkness but he writes from the compassionate light of art. This is an essential book." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
"Exceptional....An unflinching portrait of bad faith and bad dreams." --Ron Rash, author of Burning Bright
Set against the backdrop of Alaska's unforgiving wilderness, Caribou Island is David Vann's dark and captivating tale of a marriage pulled apart by rage and regret. With this eagerly anticipated debut novel, a masterful follow-up to his internationally bestselling short fiction anthology, Legend of a Suicide, Vann takes up the mantle of Louise Erdrich, Marilyn Robinson, and Rick Moody, delivering a powerfully wrought, enthrallingly emotional narrative of struggle and isolation.
Author: David Vann
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 01/03/2012
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780061875731
ISBN10: 0061875732
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Romance | Contemporary
- Fiction | Family Life | General
"Exceptional....An unflinching portrait of bad faith and bad dreams." --Ron Rash, author of Burning Bright
Set against the backdrop of Alaska's unforgiving wilderness, Caribou Island is David Vann's dark and captivating tale of a marriage pulled apart by rage and regret. With this eagerly anticipated debut novel, a masterful follow-up to his internationally bestselling short fiction anthology, Legend of a Suicide, Vann takes up the mantle of Louise Erdrich, Marilyn Robinson, and Rick Moody, delivering a powerfully wrought, enthrallingly emotional narrative of struggle and isolation.
Author: David Vann
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 01/03/2012
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780061875731
ISBN10: 0061875732
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Romance | Contemporary
- Fiction | Family Life | General