The Reactive (20 page)
Authors: Masande Ntshanga
| I'M TRYING TO REACH YOU * The Believer “I think I love this book so much because it contains intimations of the potential of what books can be in the future, and also because it's hilarious.” âEmily Gould, |
| THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD “Epic⦠“Presents a meditation on life, love, art, and family relationships that's reminiscent of the best of John Updike.” â |
| THE GLACIER “Gorgeously and urgently written.” â “It seduces you slowly, the reader hypnotized from the first page.” “An innovatively told book, a truly cinematic novel.” âLargehearted Boy |
| THE ONLY ONES * One of the Best Books of 2015 â “Breathtaking. It's that good, and that important, and that heartbreakingly beautiful.” âNPR “A heart-piercing tale of love, desire, and acceptance.” â |
| HAINTS STAY * One of the Best Books of 2015 â “[An] astonishing portrait of American violence. The rewards of “A success⦠|
| SOME THINGS THAT MEANT THE WORLD TO ME * * “Mohr's prose roams with chimerical liquidity.” âBoston's |
| THE CORRESPONDENCE ARTIST * Lambda Literary Award Winner “A deft look at modern life that's both witty and devastating.” â “The Correspondence Artist |
| CRYSTAL EATERS “A powerful narrative that touches on the value of every human life, with a lyrical voice and layers of imagery and epiphany.” “[Jones is] something of a millennial Richard Brautigan.” â “A mythical and hallucinatory experience of a family fighting mortality.” âPublishers Weekly |
| HOW TO GET INTO THE TWIN PALMS “One of my favorite books this year.” âRoxane Gay, “Waclawiak's novel reinvents the immigration story.” |
| CRAPALACHIA * One of the Best Books of 2013 â “McClanahan's prose is miasmic, dizzying, repetitive. A rushing river of words that reflects the chaos and humanity of the place from which he hails.” |
