You or Someone Like You

"Chandler Burr''s challenging first novel is many things: a glimpse into Hollywood culture, an argument about religious identity, a plea for the necessity of literature. This is a roman that needs no clefs." -- Washington Post New York Magazine calls You or Someone Like You, "The highbrow humanist name-dropping book of the summer." The remarkable first novel by Chandler Burr, the New York Times scent critic and author of The Perfect Scent, is funny, smart, and provocative--an extraordinarily ambitious work of fiction that succeeds on many different levels. It is a book David Ebershoff, (author of The 19th Wife ) enthusiastically recommends "for anyone who defiantly clings to the belief that a book can change our lives."

Product details

• Authors: Chandler Burr
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2009
• EAN: 9780061715655
• ISBN: 978-0-06-171565-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Media Tie-In, FICTION: Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION: Religious, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Political, FICTION: Jewish