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PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-100374279543
ISBN-139780374279547
eBay Product ID (ePID)12064995708
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Book TitleSmall Rain : a Novel
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicLgbt / Gay, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorGarth Greenwell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight14.5 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-008333
ReviewsAdvance Praise "Art, Greenwell shows us, expands and humanizes us. How the mundane (a sparrow, a cup of coffee, an avocado-oil chip!) can be charged with meaning, 'absolute bliss.' Against a backdrop of anger and confusion--over masks and vaccines, police brutality and protests, the 'terrible slow catastrophe' of climate crisis-- Small Rain asserts the astonishing beauty of life ." --Jessica Olin, Oprah Daily "There's an unshowy genius to Garth Greenwell's prose that feels genuinely peerless among contemporary American novelists . . . Small Rain is a classic, a dawn serenade, a little miracle of exigent joy. I'll be rereading it the rest of my life." --Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr! "The virtuosic first-person narration, devoid of dialogue, places the reader front and center in the narrator's bracing account . . . serving as a palpable reminder to never take one's health for granted, and it builds to a cathartic and unforgettable conclusion. It's a luminous departure from Greenwell's spare and erotic earlier work." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Garth Greenwell is one of our best contemporary prose stylists (due in part, no doubt, to his previous life as a poet), and a new book from him is always a cause for celebration. This novel, in fact, concerns a poet, who suddenly, and with no explanation, finds himself in incredible pain. No doctors can find the source, which makes the book hum with urgency, but of course the real questions Greenwell tackles here are much more metaphysical, though no less urgent--all of the questions of life, love, time, mortality, consciousness made crystalline ." --Emily Temple, Lit Hub (Most Anticipated Books of 2024) "Greenwell--such a finely tuned, generous writer--transforms a savage illness into a meditation on a vital life." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "I just didn't put it down . . . Very romantic, incredibly moving." -- Miranda July, author of All Fours "A fierce, beautiful novel about loving, living, dying, caring and being cared for. Greenwell's sentences crackle with contained energy." -- Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater "An exquisitely human novel which confronts death and meets it with poetry, art and love . . . An utter triumph of expression." -- The Bookseller " Small Rain is a marvel, one of America's greatest writers working at the top of his game, moving into new territory with force and grace and wisdom and overwhelming beauty." --Phil Klay, author of Missionaries "Greenwell writes tenderly about what it is to be subject to the crises of the body. Small Rain is a document of searching, an interrogation of love, care, and time, daring in its refusal to be abstract about the concrete facts of life and death." --Raven Leilani, author of Luster "Greenwell writes with exquisite precision about pain and loss--but his novel is equally a meditation on joy, beauty, and above all, love. Small Rain is a triumph, one of the most deeply moving books I have read in a long time." --Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies " Small Rain is a marvelous novel: exceptionally vivid, real, and true. Garth Greenwell's sensibility is rich and generous --the narrator's memories are haunting, and his experiences of both illness and love are deeply affecting. You are in the room with him. This is a true achievement, written with engaged humanity and a great command of style ." --Colm Tóibín, author of The Magician, Advance Praise "The virtuosic first-person narration, devoid of dialogue, places the reader front and center in the narrator's bracing account . . . serving as a palpable reminder to never take one's health for granted, and it builds to a cathartic and unforgettable conclusion. It's a luminous departure from Greenwell's spare and erotic earlier work." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Garth Greenwell is one of our best contemporary prose stylists (due in part, no doubt, to his previous life as a poet), and a new book from him is always a cause for celebration. This novel, in fact, concerns a poet, who suddenly, and with no explanation, finds himself in incredible pain. No doctors can find the source, which makes the book hum with urgency, but of course the real questions Greenwell tackles here are much more metaphysical, though no less urgent--all of the questions of life, love, time, mortality, consciousness made crystalline ." --Emily Temple, Lit Hub (Most Anticipated Books of 2024) "Greenwell--such a finely tuned, generous writer--transforms a savage illness into a meditation on a vital life." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "I just didn't put it down . . . Very romantic, incredibly moving." -- Miranda July, author of All Fours "A fierce, beautiful novel about loving, living, dying, caring and being cared for. Greenwell's sentences crackle with contained energy." -- Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater "An exquisitely human novel which confronts death and meets it with poetry, art and love . . . An utter triumph of expression." -- The Bookseller " Small Rain is a marvel, one of America's greatest writers working at the top of his game, moving into new territory with force and grace and wisdom and overwhelming beauty." --Phil Klay, author of Missionaries "Greenwell writes tenderly about what it is to be subject to the crises of the body. Small Rain is a document of searching, an interrogation of love, care, and time, daring in its refusal to be abstract about the concrete facts of life and death." --Raven Leilani, author of Luster "Greenwell writes with exquisite precision about pain and loss--but his novel is equally a meditation on joy, beauty, and above all, love. Small Rain is a triumph, one of the most deeply moving books I have read in a long time." --Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies " Small Rain is a marvelous novel: exceptionally vivid, real, and true. Garth Greenwell's sensibility is rich and generous --the narrator's memories are haunting, and his experiences of both illness and love are deeply affecting. You are in the room with him. This is a true achievement, written with engaged humanity and a great command of style ." --Colm Tóibín, author of The Magician, Advance Praise "Greenwell--such a finely tuned, generous writer--transforms a savage illness into a meditation on a vital life." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "I just didn't put it down . . . Very romantic, incredibly moving." -- Miranda July, author of All Fours "A fierce, beautiful novel about loving, living, dying, caring and being cared for. Greenwell's sentences crackle with contained energy." -- Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater "An exquisitely human novel which confronts death and meets it with poetry, art and love . . . An utter triumph of expression." -- The Bookseller " Small Rain is a marvel, one of America's greatest writers working at the top of his game, moving into new territory with force and grace and wisdom and overwhelming beauty." --Phil Klay, author of Missionaries "Greenwell writes tenderly about what it is to be subject to the crises of the body. Small Rain is a document of searching, an interrogation of love, care, and time, daring in its refusal to be abstract about the concrete facts of life and death." --Raven Leilani, author of Luster "Greenwell writes with exquisite precision about pain and loss--but his novel is equally a meditation on joy, beauty, and above all, love. Small Rain is a triumph, one of the most deeply moving books I have read in a long time." --Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies " Small Rain is a marvelous novel: exceptionally vivid, real, and true. Garth Greenwell's sensibility is rich and generous --the narrator's memories are haunting, and his experiences of both illness and love are deeply affecting. You are in the room with him. This is a true achievement, written with engaged humanity and a great command of style ." --Colm Tóibín, author of The Magician, Advance Praise " Small Rain is a marvelous novel: exceptionally vivid, real, and true. Garth Greenwell's sensibility is rich and generous --the narrator's memories are haunting, and his experiences of both illness and love are deeply affecting. You are in the room with him. This is a true achievement, written with engaged humanity and a great command of style ." --Colm Tóibín, author of The Magician, Advance Praise "There's an unshowy genius to Garth Greenwell's prose that feels genuinely peerless among contemporary American novelists . . . Small Rain is a classic, a dawn serenade, a little miracle of exigent joy. I'll be rereading it the rest of my life." --Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr! "The virtuosic first-person narration, devoid of dialogue, places the reader front and center in the narrator's bracing account . . . serving as a palpable reminder to never take one's health for granted, and it builds to a cathartic and unforgettable conclusion. It's a luminous departure from Greenwell's spare and erotic earlier work." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Garth Greenwell is one of our best contemporary prose stylists (due in part, no doubt, to his previous life as a poet), and a new book from him is always a cause for celebration. This novel, in fact, concerns a poet, who suddenly, and with no explanation, finds himself in incredible pain. No doctors can find the source, which makes the book hum with urgency, but of course the real questions Greenwell tackles here are much more metaphysical, though no less urgent--all of the questions of life, love, time, mortality, consciousness made crystalline ." --Emily Temple, Lit Hub (Most Anticipated Books of 2024) "Greenwell--such a finely tuned, generous writer--transforms a savage illness into a meditation on a vital life." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "I just didn't put it down . . . Very romantic, incredibly moving." -- Miranda July, author of All Fours "A fierce, beautiful novel about loving, living, dying, caring and being cared for. Greenwell's sentences crackle with contained energy." -- Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater "An exquisitely human novel which confronts death and meets it with poetry, art and love . . . An utter triumph of expression." -- The Bookseller " Small Rain is a marvel, one of America's greatest writers working at the top of his game, moving into new territory with force and grace and wisdom and overwhelming beauty." --Phil Klay, author of Missionaries "Greenwell writes tenderly about what it is to be subject to the crises of the body. Small Rain is a document of searching, an interrogation of love, care, and time, daring in its refusal to be abstract about the concrete facts of life and death." --Raven Leilani, author of Luster "Greenwell writes with exquisite precision about pain and loss--but his novel is equally a meditation on joy, beauty, and above all, love. Small Rain is a triumph, one of the most deeply moving books I have read in a long time." --Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies " Small Rain is a marvelous novel: exceptionally vivid, real, and true. Garth Greenwell's sensibility is rich and generous --the narrator's memories are haunting, and his experiences of both illness and love are deeply affecting. You are in the room with him. This is a true achievement, written with engaged humanity and a great command of style ." --Colm Tóibín, author of The Magician
SynopsisWinner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Long-listed for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post , Financial Times , New Statesman , Vox , Elle , Publishers Weekly , and BookPage A New Yorker Recommended Read of the Year A New York Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year A medical crisis brings one man close to death--and to love, art, and beauty--in a profound and luminous novel by award-winning author Garth Greenwell. A poet's life is turned inside out by a sudden, wrenching pain. The pain brings him to his knees, and eventually to the ICU. Confined to bed, plunged into the dysfunctional American healthcare system, he struggles to understand what is happening to his body, as someone who has lived for many years in his mind. This is a searching, sweeping novel set at the furthest edges of human experience, where the forces that give life value--art, memory, poetry, music, care--are thrown into sharp relief. Time expands and contracts. Sudden intimacies bloom. Small Rain surges beyond the hospital to encompass a radiant vision of human life: our shared vulnerability, the limits and possibilities of sympathy, the ideal of art and the fragile dream of America. Above all, this is a love story of the most unexpected kind., A medical crisis brings one man close to death--and to love, art, and beauty--in a profound and luminous novel by award-winning author Garth Greenwell, Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award Long-listed for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post , Financial Times , New Statesman , and more A New Yorker Recommended Read of the Year A New York Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year A medical crisis brings one man close to death--and to love, art, and beauty--in a profound and luminous novel by award-winning author Garth Greenwell. A poet's life is turned inside out by a sudden, wrenching pain. The pain brings him to his knees, and eventually to the ICU. Confined to bed, plunged into the dysfunctional American healthcare system, he struggles to understand what is happening to his body, as someone who has lived for many years in his mind. This is a searching, sweeping novel set at the furthest edges of human experience, where the forces that give life value--art, memory, poetry, music, care--are thrown into sharp relief. Time expands and contracts. Sudden intimacies bloom. Small Rain surges beyond the hospital to encompass a radiant vision of human life: our shared vulnerability, the limits and possibilities of sympathy, the ideal of art and the fragile dream of America. Above all, this is a love story of the most unexpected kind.
LC Classification NumberPS3607.R4686S63 2024
