The Border of Paradise: A Novel by Esm? Weijun Wang (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang A remarkable multigenerational novel, The Border of Paradise transports readers into the world of an iconoclastic midcentury family. In booming postwar Brooklyn, the Nowak Piano Company is an American success story. There is just one problem: the Nowaks only son, David. A handsome kid and shy like his mother, David struggles with neuroses. If not for his only friend, Marianne, Davids life would be intolerable. When David inherits the piano company at just 18 and Marianne breaks things off, David sells the company and travels around the world. In Taiwan, his life changes when he meets the daughter of a local madame -- beautiful, sharp-tongued Daisy. Returning to the United States, the couple (and newborn son) buy an isolated country house in Northern Californias Polk Valley. As Davids mental health deteriorates, he has a brief affair with Marianne, producing a daughter. When Marianne appears at their doorstep, the couples fateful decision to take the child as their own determines a tragic course of events for the entire family.Told from multiple perspectives, The Border of Paradise culminates in heartrending fashion, as the young heirs to the Nowak fortune must confront their past and the tragic reality of their future. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Esme Weijun Wang is an award-winning mental health advocate and speaker, as well as a journalist and essayist. The Border of Paradise is her first novel. She lives in San Francisco. Review "The Border of Paradise is shaped by darkness and the kind of delicious story that makes for missed train stops and bedtimes, keeping a reader up late for just one more page of dynamic character-bouncing perspective (an idea which came to Wang in dreams). It is the authors stunning introduction to the literary world." -Alli Maloney, The New York Times "Wangs prose is beautiful and restrained, and her generous, precise characterization makes every perspective feel organic and utterly real in the face of increasingly theatrical circumstances. The result -- the story of an American family stretched and manipulated into impossible shapes -- is an extraordinary literary and gothic novel of the highest order." -Carmen Maria Machado, NPR "Gothic in tone, epic in ambition, and creepy in spades." --Kirkus Reviews One of Library Journals picks for Top Spring Indie Fiction: "A well-wrought multigenerational novel that also appeals for its honest look at mental illness." --Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal One of the Lit Hubs Books to Read in April: "Wang takes Ahabs rant of... madness maddened and infuses it through all of the characters in this book, not just the ones who are identified as crazy. A terrifying look at dysfunction, manipulation, and psychological torture and love, yes love. A very deftly written first novel." --The Lit Hub One of the Chicago Review of Books Best Books from Independent Presses in April "Esme Weijun Wangs new novel focuses on the complex relationships among a family with a prosperous business in the post-war United States, and the conflicts and questions of family that occur over time." --Vol. 1 Brooklyn "The Border of Paradise is a magnificent achievement -- an exhortation for human tenderness and individual dignity in the most difficult of circumstances. Wang explores identity and family with a sense of drama that borders on gothic, without ever sacrificing the psychological texture that connects us to her characters." --Adrienne Celt, author of The Daughters "Esme Weijun Wangs relentlessly moving debut The Border of Paradise is a profound epic of potent darkness with all sorts of unexpected light. The story of the Nowak family contains notes of Lidia Yuknavitch, Christine Schutt, and Kevin Wilson, and yet remains unlike anything Ive ever read. Trauma is rendered gorgeously, from every angle, within every possibility. Whether tackling New York, California, or Taiwan, Wang performs this novel with glorious courage, ambition, passion, and style." --Porochista Khakpour, author of Sons and Other Flammable Objects and The Last Illusion "A stunning meditation on the meaning of marriage, the limits of language, and the inescapable solitude of the mind. Esme Weijun Wangs writing is spellbinding; her characters are hauntingly alive." --Jennifer DuBois, author of Cartwheel Review Quote " The Border of Paradise is shaped by darkness and the kind of delicious story that makes for missed train stops and bedtimes, keeping a reader up late for just one more page of dynamic character-bouncing perspective (an idea which came to Wang in dreams). It is the authors stunning introduction to the literary world." --Alli Maloney, The New York Times "Wangs prose is beautiful and restrained, and her generous, precise characterization makes every perspective feel organic and utterly real in the face of increasingly theatrical circumstances. The result -- the story of an American family stretched and manipulated into impossible shapes -- is an extraordinary literary and gothic novel of the highest order." --Carmen Maria Machado, NPR "Gothic in tone, epic in ambition, and creepy in spades." -- Kirkus Reviews One of Library Journal s picks for Top Spring Indie Fiction: "A well-wrought multigenerational novel that also appeals for its honest look at mental illness." --Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal One of the Lit Hubs Books to Read in April: "Wang takes Ahabs rant of... madness maddened and infuses it through all of the characters in this book, not just the ones who are identified as crazy. A terrifying look at dysfunction, manipulation, and psychological torture and love, yes love. A very deftly written first novel." --The Lit Hub One of the Chicago Review of Books Best Books from Independent Presses in April "Esm Details ISBN1939419697 Short Title BORDER OF PARADISE Publisher Unnamed Press Language English ISBN-10 1939419697 ISBN-13 9781939419699 Media Book Format Paperback Pages 292 DEWEY 813.6 Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-04-28 Imprint Unnamed Press Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2016-04-28 NZ Release Date 2016-04-28 US Release Date 2016-04-28 UK Release Date 2016-04-28 Subtitle A Novel Author Esmé Weijun Wang Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136077415;

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