JUNE 29th to JULY 13th, 2011
THE ASTRAL
by KATE CHRISTENSEN
SYNOPSIS:
From the PEN/Faulkner Award–winning author of The Great Man, a scintillating novel of love, loss, and literary rivalry set in rapidly changing Brooklyn.
The Astral is a huge rose-colored old pile of an apartment building in the gentrifying neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. For decades it was the happy home (or so he thought) of the poet Harry Quirk and his wife, Luz, a nurse, and of their two children: Karina, now a fervent freegan, and Hector, now in the clutches of a cultish Christian community. But Luz has found (and destroyed) some poems of Harry’s that ignite her long-simmering suspicions of infidelity, and he’s been summarily kicked out. He now has to reckon with the consequence of his literary, marital, financial, and parental failures (and perhaps others) and find his way forward—and back into Luz’s good graces. Harry Quirk is, in short, a loser, living small and low in the water. But touched by Kate Christensen’s novelistic grace and acute perception, his floundering attempts to reach higher ground and forge a new life for himself become funny, bittersweet, and terrifically moving. She knows what secrets lurk in the hearts of men—and she turns them into literary art of the highest order.
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40 comments:
Brooklyn, old apartment building, literary characters...sounds GREAT!!
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just the beginning - old apartment building and in Brooklyn NY is a start good enough to get me interested in it .
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I'd like to read how Harry rebuilds his life but I'd also like to read about his freeganist daughter's lifestyle.
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Sounds great.
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The "funny, bittersweet, and terrifically moving" description got me!
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The part of it being funny and moving. I enjoy this author.
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Literary rivalry and Brooklyn --- sounds fascinating.
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I would love to read of Harry's journey to make a new life for himself. I really enjoy books that let me reach all of my emotions. It is good to cry and laugh and stop for a second and say OH MY! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway opportunity today.
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I like that it is both funny and deeply moving, thanks for the great giveaway
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I'd like to read how Harry rebuilds his life.
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I am most intrigued by his freegan daughter and cultish son
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The setting of the book interest me
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I like the description of one of the children as a fervent freegan!
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I am intrigied and want to know if he will end up with his wife again or not and what will become of his children.
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The character of Harry Quirk intrigues me. I love stories of losers who strive to succeed. I am intrigued by how the author will tell Harry's story. garrettsambo@aol.com
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the family dynamic sounds intriguing
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The poems that Luz found that got him kicked out
intrigues me and I want to know how he gets back in her good graces or if he ever does.This sounds like a wonderful read on a nice summer day
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