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The Way Through Doors
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An unusual and haunting love story from the acclaimed author of Samedi the Deafness. A VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES ORIGINAL.
With his debut novel, Samedi the Deafness, Jesse Ball emerged as one of our most extraordinary new writers. Now, Ball returns with this haunting tale of love and storytelling, hope and identity.
When Selah Morse sees a young woman get hit by a speeding taxicab, he rushes her to the hospital. The girl has lost her memory; she is delirious and has no identification, so Selah poses as her boyfriend. She is released into his care, but the doctor charges him to keep her awake, and to help her remember her past.
Through the long night, he tells her stories, inventing and inventing, trying to get closer to what might be true, and hoping she will recognize herself in one of his tales. Offering up moments of pure insight and unexpected, exuberant humour, The Way Through Doors demonstrates Jesse Ball's great artistry and gift for narrative.
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The Way Through Doors is praised for its originality, poetic language, and playful narrative structure. It invites readers into a labyrinth of interconnected stories reminiscent of authors like Borges and Calvino, engaging with themes of identity and romance. Reviewers appreciate Jesse Ball's ability to weave a mesmerising and imaginative tale that defies traditional storytelling conventions, akin to a literary Russian nesting doll.
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ISBN: 9780307387462
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 February 2009
Country: United States
Imprint: Random House USA Inc
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 133g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Jesse Ball (1978-) is an American poet and novelist. He is the author of Samedi the Deafness, released last year by Random House and shortlisted for the 2007 Believer Book Award. His first volume, March Book, appeared in 2004, followed by Vera & Linus (2006), and Parables and Lies (2008). His drawings were published in 2006 in Iceland in the volume Og svo kom nottin. He won the Plimpton Prize in 2008 for his novella, The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp & Carr. His verse appeared in The Best American Poetry 2006. He is an assistant professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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