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Jonathan Franzen:
First Words on Purity
In Conversation
with Laura Miller at BEA
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This year's Book
Expo America launched with a marquee conversation between Jonathan Franzen
and critic Laura Miller. The two sat down in front of a packed crowd to
discuss the writing of Franzen's latest novel, Purity (coming September 1st). Their
conversation ranged from the story of the book's name to its eponymous
protagonist, and to the importance of climbing one's own mountains as a
writer.
Read on...
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The New World
Chris Adrian and
Eli Horowitz
Excerpt
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The New World is the story of love, decapitation, cryogenics, and memory.
Dr. Jane Cotton is a pediatric surgeon; her husband, Jim, is a humanist
chaplain. They are about to celebrate their eighth wedding anniversary when
Jim suddenly collapses and dies. When Jane arrives at the hospital, she is
horrified to find that her husband's head has been removed from his body.
Only then does she discover that he secretly enrolled with a shadowy
cryogenics company called Polaris.
Read on...
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