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Among the Ten Thousand Things
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ISBN10: 0812985346
ISBN13: 9780812985344
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Jun 14 2016
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780812985344
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Jun 14 2016
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND THE HUFFINGTON POST - Features an exclusive conversation between Julia Pierpont and Lena Dunham For fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Lorrie Moore, and Curtis Sittenfeld, Among the Ten Thousand Things is a dazzling first novel, a portrait of an American family on the cusp of irrevocable change, and a startlingly original story of love and time lost. Jack Shanley is a well-known New York artist, charming and vain, who doesn't mean to plunge his family into crisis. His wife, Deb, gladly left behind a difficult career as a dancer to raise the two children she adores. In the ensuing years, she has mostly avoided coming face-to-face with the weaknesses of the man she married. But then an anonymously sent package arrives in the mail: a cardboard box containing sheaves of printed emails chronicling Jack's secret life. The package is addressed to Deb, but it's delivered into the wrong hands: her children's. With this vertiginous opening begins a debut that is by turns funny, wise, and indescribably moving. As the Shanleys spin apart into separate orbits, leaving New York in an attempt to regain their bearings, fifteen-year-old Simon feels the allure of adult freedoms for the first time, while eleven-year-old Kay wanders precariously into a grown-up world she can't possibly understand. Writing with extraordinary precision, humor, and beauty, Julia Pierpont has crafted a timeless, hugely enjoyable novel about the bonds of family life--their brittleness, and their resilience. Praise for Among the Ten Thousand Things A luscious, smart summer novel . . . by a blazingly talented young author.--The New York Times Book Review
This book is one of the funniest, and most emotionally honest, I've read in a long time.--Jonathan Safran Foer Obsessively compelling . . . emotionally sophisticated . . . Among the Ten Thousand Things rises above [other novels] for its imagined structure, sentence-by-sentence punch, and pure humanity.--Vanity Fair Gripping . . . Pierpont brings this family of four to life in sharply observed detail. . . . An acute observer of social comedy, Ms. Pierpont has a keen eye for the absurd.--The Wall Street Journal
Pierpont's language is heart-stopping. . . . Between Pierpont's literary finesse and her captivating characters, [Among the Ten Thousand Things] reads like a page-turner.--Entertainment Weekly (grade: A)
A twisty, gripping story--that packs an emotional wallop.--O: The Oprah Magazine There are going to be as many ingenious twists and turns in this literary novel as there are in a top-notch work of suspense like Gone Girl.--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air Tender, delicately perceptive . . . Pierpont's voice is wry and confident, and she is a fine anthropologist of New York life.--The Washington Post Pierpont displays a precocious gift for language and observation. . . . She captures the minutiae of loneliness that pushes us away from each other and sometimes brings us back.--San Francisco Chronicle
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