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The late Americans / Brandon Taylor.
"In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a social circle of lovers and friends navigate tangled webs of connection as they try to figure out what they want, and who they are"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593332337 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 303 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.
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| Subject: | Friendship > Fiction. Graduate students > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Iowa City (Iowa) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Taylo | 31681010324127 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
During a volatile year of self-discovery in the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, three friends, as each prepares for an uncertain future, head to a cabin to bid goodbye to their former livesâa moment of reckoning that leaves each of them irrevocably altered. - Baker & Taylor
"In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a social circle of lovers and friends navigate tangled webs of connection as they try to figure out what they want, and who they are"-- - Penguin Putnam
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE, ELLE, OPRAH DAILY, THE WASHINGTON POST, BUZZFEED AND VULTURE
âErudite, intimate, hilarious, poignant . . . A gorgeously written novel of youthâs promise, of the quest to find oneâs tribe and oneâs calling.â âLeigh Haber, Oprah Daily
The Booker Prize finalist and widely acclaimed author of Real Life and Filthy Animals returns with a deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads
In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a loose circle of lovers and friends encounter, confront, and provoke one another in a volatile year of self-discovery. Among them are Seamus, a frustrated young poet; Ivan, a dancer turned aspiring banker who dabbles in amateur pornography; Fatima, whose independence and work ethic complicate her relationships with friends and a trusted mentor; and Noah, who âdidnât seek sex out so much as it came up to him like an anxious dog in need of affection.â These four are buffeted by a cast of artists, landlords, meatpacking workers, and mathematicians who populate the cafes, classrooms, and food-service kitchens of the city, sometimes to violent and electrifying consequence. Finally, as each prepares for an uncertain future, the group heads to a cabin to bid goodbye to their former livesâa moment of reckoning that leaves each of them irrevocably altered.
A novel of friendship and chosen family, The Late Americans asks fresh questions about love and sex, ambition and precarity, and about how human beings can bruise one another while trying to find themselves. It is Brandon Taylorâs richest and most involving work of fiction to date, confirming his position as one of our most perceptive chroniclers of contemporary life.
