Caribou Island

"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.

About the author

Published in twenty languages, David Vann's internationally bestselling books have won fifteen prizes, including best foreign novel in France and Spain, and have appeared on seventy-five Best Books of the Year lists in a dozen countries. He's written for the New York Times, Atlantic, Esquire, Outside, Sunset, Men's Journal, McSweeney's, and many other publications, and he has been a Guggenheim, Stegner, and NEA fellow.

Product details

• Authors: David Vann
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2012
• EAN: 9780061875731
• ISBN: 978-0-06-187573-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 21 mm
• Series: P.S.
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Thriller / suspense fiction, Family life fiction, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, Horror and supernatural fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Plays, Playscripts, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: General, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Horror, FICTION: World Literature / American / 21st Century, Modern and Contemporary romance