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THE CHANGELING
THE CHANGELING is an imaginative, wildly original and yet accessible novel that brilliantly takes on contemporary life and tackles the big, essential questions about being human—by the award-winning author of the The Devil in Silver and Big Machine (Spiegel & Grau 2012 and 2010, respectively). Perfect for readers of George Saunders, Haruki Murakami, and Karen Russell.
THE CHANGELING follows one man's thrilling journey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after seemingly committing an unforgiveable act of violence.
Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post-partum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles go far beyond that. Before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act--beyond any parent's comprehension--and vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Thus begins Apollo's odyssey through a world he only thought he understood to find a wife and child who are nothing like he'd imagined. His quest begins when he meets a mysterious stranger named William Wheeler, who claims to have information about Emma's whereabouts. Apollo then begins a journey that takes him to a forgotten island in the East River of New York City, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest in Queens where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever.
· LaValle weaves together the evils and corruption of the modern world with ancient legends and creates a thrilling work of literary horror that discusses the preternatural love parents have for their children, the bond between husband and wife, the ancient myths that affect our present-day lives, and the monsters we are all eventually forced to confront.
Victor LaValle is the author of the novelsThe Devil in Silver, Big Machine, andThe Ecstatic; and also the author of the short-story collectionSlapboxing with Jesus, winner of the PEN/Open Book Award. Among his numerous additional awards and fellowships are a Whiting Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Earnest Gaines Award, a Bread Loaf Writer's Fellowship, a USA Ford Fellowship, a place onThe New Yorker's 40 Under 40 shortlist, and the key to southeastern Queens. He teaches writing at Columbia University. The Devil in Silver was named one of 2012’s best books of the year by theNew York Times,theWashington Post,andPublishers Weekly.Big Machinewas ranked a 2010 best book of the year byPublishers Weekly(top 10), theLos Angeles Times,the Washington Post, theChicago Tribune, and theNation (in the UK, it was published by Oldcastle Books).
Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post-partum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles go far beyond that. Before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act--beyond any parent's comprehension--and vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Thus begins Apollo's odyssey through a world he only thought he understood to find a wife and child who are nothing like he'd imagined. His quest begins when he meets a mysterious stranger named William Wheeler, who claims to have information about Emma's whereabouts. Apollo then begins a journey that takes him to a forgotten island in the East River of New York City, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest in Queens where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever.
· LaValle weaves together the evils and corruption of the modern world with ancient legends and creates a thrilling work of literary horror that discusses the preternatural love parents have for their children, the bond between husband and wife, the ancient myths that affect our present-day lives, and the monsters we are all eventually forced to confront.
Victor LaValle is the author of the novelsThe Devil in Silver, Big Machine, andThe Ecstatic; and also the author of the short-story collectionSlapboxing with Jesus, winner of the PEN/Open Book Award. Among his numerous additional awards and fellowships are a Whiting Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Earnest Gaines Award, a Bread Loaf Writer's Fellowship, a USA Ford Fellowship, a place onThe New Yorker's 40 Under 40 shortlist, and the key to southeastern Queens. He teaches writing at Columbia University. The Devil in Silver was named one of 2012’s best books of the year by theNew York Times,theWashington Post,andPublishers Weekly.Big Machinewas ranked a 2010 best book of the year byPublishers Weekly(top 10), theLos Angeles Times,the Washington Post, theChicago Tribune, and theNation (in the UK, it was published by Oldcastle Books).
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