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Birds in Fall

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Availability:In StockContributor:Brad KesslerPublish date:2007-03-13Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9780743287395ISBN-10:743287398UPC:9780743287395Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Nature & the Environment, AnimalsAward:2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winner - Fiction AwardSize:7.98 x 5.28 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SCCAE043DF
One fall night, an innkeeper on a remote island in Nova Scotia watches an airplane plummet to the sea. As the search for survivors envelops the island, the mourning families gather at the inn, waiting for news of those they have lost. Here among strangers, they form an unusual community, struggling for comfort and consolation. A Taiwanese couple sets out fruit for their daughter's ghost. A Bulgarian man plays piano in the dark, sending the music to his lost wife. Two Dutch teenagers rage against their parents' death. An Iranian exile, mourning his niece, recites the Persian tales that carry the wisdom of centuries. At the center of this striking novel is Ana Gathreaux, an ornithologist who specializes in bird migration, and whose husband perished on the flight.

What unfolds is the story of how these families unite and disperse in the wake of the tragedy, and how their interweaving lives are ultimately transformed. Brad Kessler's knowledge of the natural world, music, and myth enriches every page.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9780743287395ISBN-10:743287398UPC:9780743287395Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Nature & the Environment, AnimalsAward:2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winner - Fiction AwardSize:7.98 x 5.28 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SCCAE043DF
Brad Kessler's novel Birds in Fall won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. His other books include Lick Creek and The Woodcutter's Christmas. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, The Kenyon Review, and BOMB, as well as other publications. He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Publisher: Scribner Book Company

Awards

🏆 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winner - Fiction Award

Contributor(s)

Brad Kessler

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