Abundance - Unputdownable heartbreaking coming of age fiction about fathers sons

'A tense, yet tender portrait of a father and son trying to escape life on the margin. Determination and despair collide in this unforgettable debut, with an ending that broke my heart' Douglas Stuart, author of Booker Prize-winning Shuggie Bain

'Tender, anxious, angry, and beautiful' Mark Doten

'The reader aches for these characters' Pioneer Press

'Impressive' Kirkus Reviews

'A quest, a page-turner, and above all a love story' Mia Alvar

'The everlasting story of exile and inequity in all its fiery desperation, daily heartbreak, and extraordinary tenderness' Michael Zapata

About the author

Jakob Guanzon was born in New York and raised in Minnesota. He holds an MFA from Columbia University's School of the Arts, and lives in New York City. Abundance is his first novel.

Summary

'A tense, yet tender portrait of a father and son trying to escape life on the margin. Determination and despair collide in this unforgettable debut, with an ending that broke my heart' Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain

Foreword

'A tense, yet tender portrait of a father and son trying to escape life on the margin. Determination and despair collide in this unforgettable debut, with an ending that broke my heart' Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain

Additional text

An impressive debut

Product details

• Authors: Jakob Guanzon
• Assisted by: Layne Priscilla (Translation)
• Publisher: Little Brown
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.2022
• EAN: 9780349702698
• ISBN: 978-0-349-70269-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Literary, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood, Family life fiction, Poverty & unemployment, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Family & relationships, United States of America, USA, Poverty and precarity, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary