| Daphne Contributor(s): Boast, Will (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1631495429 ISBN-13: 9781631495427 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Will Boast's long-anticipated first novel is an "outright marvelous debut that] breathes fresh vigor into timeless questions of love and risk" (Laura van den Berg). Born with a rare condition in which she suffers degrees of paralysis when faced with intense emotion, Daphne has had few close friends and fewer lovers. Like her mythic namesake, one touch can freeze her. But when Daphne meets shy, charming Ollie, her well-honed defenses falter, and she's faced with a critical choice: cling to her protective isolation or risk the recklessness of real intimacy. Set against the backdrop of a San Francisco flush with money and pulsing with protest, Daphne is "an amiable exploration of how humans might come to manage their raucous hearts" (NewYorker.com). |
Contributor Bio(s): Boast, Will: - Will Boast was born in England and grew up in Ireland and Wisconsin. He won the Iowa Short Fiction Award for his story collection, Power Ballads, and the Rome Prize. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow, his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, Best New American Voices, and elsewhere. He divides his time between Chicago and Brooklyn, New York. |