The Book of Life

Forced together on a trip from Manhattan to Rhode Island, a father and son attempt to renew their bond over lobster, cigarettes, and a buried secret. A pure-hearted artist finds his devotion cruelly tested, while his true love tries to repent for the biggest mistake of her life. Unwittingly thrust into an open marriage, a man struggles to reconnect with his newly devout son. And in the book's daring first story, an arrogant businessman begins a forbidden affair during the High Holidays. Written in clear, crystalline prose, The Book of Life comprises seven stunning tales about faith, family, grief, love, temptation, and redemption that signal the arrival of a bold and exciting new writer.

Author: Stuart Nadler
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 09/01/2011
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780316126472

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2011
Booklist 09/15/2011 pg. 23
New Yorker (The) 11/07/2011 pg. 85
Shelf Awareness 09/02/2011
Publishers Weekly 11/21/2011

About the Author
Stuart Nadler is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he was awarded a Truman Capote Fellowship and a Teaching-Writing Fellowship. Recently, he was the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellow at the University of Wisconsin. His fiction has appeared in The Atlantic.