This is a novel you simply must read!" - Andre Dubus III, New York Times bestselling author of Townie Scott Fitzgerald and Marguerite Duras had had a son, he would be Simon Van Booy this is a truly special writer who does things with abstract language that is so evocative and original your breath literally catches in your chest. He lives in New York with his wife and daughter."The rhythms of Henry's tender, damaged heart propel the narrative, and Van Booy wisely resists romanticizing torment, instead suggesting that grief - tied as it is to fate and faith - can give way to promise." - Publishers Weekly
His books have been translated into many languages. He has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times, NPR, and the BBC. Simon Van Booy is the award-winning and best-selling author of 10 books of fiction, and three anthologies of philosophy. And then there is Henry, an accomplished young Welsh archaeologist who spends his days devotedly uncovering the city’s past as a way to escape his own – a past that holds a secret that not even his doting parents can talk about.Īs these three lost and lonely souls wander the city, a series of chance encounters sets off events that will forever define them, in this powerful portrait of friendship and young love. He has no close relationships with anyone and spends his days hunched over books or in a drunken stupor. George has come to Athens to learn ancient languages after growing up in New England boarding schools and Ivy League colleges.
A gifted artist, she seeks solace and inspiration in the Mediterranean heat of Athens – trying to understand who she is and how she can love without fear. Simon Van Booy, winner of the prestigious Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, brings his gift for poetic dialogue and sumptuous imagery to thisdebut novel of longing and discovery amidst the ruins of Ancient Greece.
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