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One of the most accomplished and committed writers at work in this country today, Micheline Aharonian Marcom makes this welcome return to Elliott Bay to read from her extraordinary recent novel, The Mirror in the Well (Dalkey Archive). Recipient of a Lannan Foundation fellowship and the Whiting Award and author of a searing, much-praised trilogy—the novels Three Apples Fell from Heaven, The Daydreaming Boy, and Draining the Sea—that trace the effects of the Armenian genocide and its subsequent diaspora over the twentieth-century, she this is no less searing in this newer book even as its subject matter is far more intimate. The Mirror in the Well is the psychologically and physically explicit account of a woman's sexual awakening—with a man who isn't her husband, and who himself is also married. "Through [its] vivid imagery, Marcom gives voice to the essence of obsession and sexuality, while tracing the deterioration of relationships. This novel is a cultural, feminist, and human statement, but at its core, it is an unrestrained exploration of the intersection of emotion and physical desires." – Publishers Weekly. "The fierce beauty of her prose both confronts readers with many breathtaking cruelties and carries us past them." – Margot Livesey, The New York Times Book Review.
