Bearing the Body

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

At the start of Bearing the Body, Nathan Mirsky learns that his older brother has died in San Francisco, apparently murdered after years of aimlessness. On the spur of the moment, Nathan leaves his job as a medical resident and heads west from Boston to learn what he can about Daniel's death. His father, Sol--a quiet, embittered Holocaust survivor--insists on coming along. Piecing together Daniel's last days, Nathan and Sol are forced to confront secrets that have long isolated them from each other and to being a long process of forgiveness.

Author: Ehud Havazelet
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 11/25/2008
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780312427504
Award: Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 01/04/2009 pg. 20

About the Author

Ehud Havazelet is the award-winning author of two story collections, What Is It then Between Us?and Like Never Before, which was a New York Times notable book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book. He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim, Whiting, and Rockefeller foundations. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Oregon, and at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. He lives in Corvallis, Oregon.