SIRI HUSTVEDT
Thursday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Family mysteries start to come to light when a (grown) brother and sister go through their deceased father's papers in Siri Hustvedt's remarkable new novel, The Sorrows of an American (Henry Holt). We are delighted to welcome her back, the author of three previous novels (including What I Loved), poetry, and an essay collection (A Plea for Eros), from her Brooklyn home. "In her fourth novel, Hustvedt continues, with grace and aplomb, her exploration of family connectedness, loss, grief and art ... Hutsvedt gives great breaths of authenticity to [protagonist] Erik's counseling practice, life in Minnesota and Miranda's Jamaican heritage, and the anticlimax she creates is calming and justified." – Publishers Weekly.

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