Adam Braver, Author . Morrow $23.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-008118-8
Just when it seems there isn't much left to write about Abraham Lincoln, Braver attempts a fresh take on America's 16th president in this bracingly unusual debut. Although called a novel, the book is really a collection of 13 short stories,...
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Adam Braver, Author . Morrow $23.95 (216p) ISBN 978-0-06-054407-2
"Loosely based on real circumstance," Braver's poignant and inventive second novel (after Mr. Lincoln's Wars
) follows a week in the life of internationally renowned stage actress Sarah Bernhardt. As the story opens, she is 61 and on
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Adam Braver, Author . Morrow $24.95 (277p) ISBN 978-0-06-078232-0
Van Gogh scholar Claire Andrews strikes a young boy while driving home and kills him instantly. Though she could do little to prevent the accident, Claire faces intense guilt, as well as a high-publicity, slanderous lawsuit pushed by the boy's...
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Adam Braver, Author . Tin House $14.95 (206p) ISBN 978-0-9802436-2-8
With a captivating mix of fact and fiction, Braver (Mr. Lincoln’s Wars
) chronicles the events surrounding JFK’s assassination to moving effect. The event is no stranger to the literary world, but Braver’s recreation, owing to...
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Adam Braver. Tin House (PGW, dist.), $15.95 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1935639404
In his latest historical reimagining (after taking on JFK's assassination in his novel Nov 22, 1963), Braver explores Marilyn Monroe's fatal struggle to simultaneously maintain her personal identity and her public image. The novel is set during the...
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