Our Common Novel: 2004-2005
House of Sand and Fog
By: Andre Dubus III
About House of Sand and Fog:
"It is rare these days to encounter a novel that follows the rules of
Greek tragedy…Dubus is a taker of risks, and here he ups the ante by making
his protagonist, an immigrant trying to establish a foothold in America…A
craftsman of character and dialogue, Dubus has dared to push his limits."
- San Francisco Chronicle
"This is a story, told in highly visual, descriptive language, about how
people you might choose to be your neighbors are repeatedly trapped by circumstances
and transformed by events until finally they can-and do-destroy one another."
- The New York Times Book Review
Andre Dubus III is the author of a collection of short fiction, The Cage Keeper
and Other Stories, and the novels, Bluesman and House of Sand and Fog. His works
has been included in The Best American Essays of 1994, The Best Spiritual Writing
of 1999, and The Best of Hope Magazine. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship,
The National Magazine Award for fiction, The Pushcart Prize, and was a Finalist
for the Prix de Rome Fellowship from the Academy of Arts and Letters. Now a
major motion picture (starring Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly) and published
in twenty-five countries, his novel House of Sand and Fog was a fiction finalist
for the National Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the L.L. Winship/PEN
New England Award, Booksense Book of the Year, and was an Oprah Book Club Selection
and #1 New York Times bestseller.
A member of PEN American Center and the Executive Board of PEN New England,
Andre Dubus has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts
and has taught writing at Harvard University, Tufts University, the University
of Massachusetts at Lowell, and Emerson College.
He is married to performer Fontaine Dollas Dubus. They live in Massachusetts
with their three children.
Judy Lubershane Agency @ 781.274.0717 or jlubershane@rcn.com
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