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Joyce Carol Oates recommended A Constellation of Vital Phenomena in Books (curated)

 
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra | 2014 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"In a politically fractious America in which “bearing witness” has been attacked as a motive for art in recent years, emerging writers have nonetheless written boldly across divides of class, ethnic identity, and gender. Outstanding among these has been Anthony Marra, a young American author whose first two books are set mainly in Russia and the former Soviet Union. In A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Marra’s debut novel, three survivors of the Second Chechen War band together in an abandoned hospital. In 2015’s The Tsar of Love and Techno, linked short stories follow various characters’ dreams and dashed hopes from the 1930s to the present, and then beyond."

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Joyce Carol Oates recommended The Tsar of Love and Techno in Books (curated)

 
The Tsar of Love and Techno
The Tsar of Love and Techno
Anthony Marra | 2017 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"In a politically fractious America in which “bearing witness” has been attacked as a motive for art in recent years, emerging writers have nonetheless written boldly across divides of class, ethnic identity, and gender. Outstanding among these has been Anthony Marra, a young American author whose first two books are set mainly in Russia and the former Soviet Union. In A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Marra’s debut novel, three survivors of the Second Chechen War band together in an abandoned hospital. In 2015’s The Tsar of Love and Techno, linked short stories follow various characters’ dreams and dashed hopes from the 1930s to the present, and then beyond."

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