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Winner of VCU Cabell First Novel Award
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- ISBN 9781945814938
- Dimensions: 139 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 24 Oct 2019
- Publisher: Dzanc Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Winner of the VCU Cabell First Novel Award
Winner of the 2018 Dzanc Prize for Fiction
An Indies Introduce Pick
A Kirkus Best Books of 2019 selection
Spanning two decades, Bloomland examines the social roots and community fallout of a shooting at a fictional southern university. As the narrative moves between the lives of a disillusioned student, a grieving professor, and the shooter himself, the psyches and stories of each character blend and intersect, ultimately asking us to rethink American myths of selfhood, grief, and violence as a redemptive act.
Profound and deeply nuanced, Bloomland is a dazzling debut that walks in step with the novels of Carth Greenwell, Rachel Kushner, and Louise Erdrich.
John Englehardt is the author of the novel Bloomland, which won the Dzanc Prize for Fiction, the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and was named a book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and Electric Literature. He has previously taught writing classes at Seattle University, Hugo House, University of Arkansas, and was a visiting professor at Pacific Lutheran University. He lived in Seattle for many year and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
