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Halibut on the moon
- Title
- Halibut on the moon / David Vann.
- Author
- Vann, David
- Publication
- New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- 261 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- In his riveting new novel, internationally bestselling New York Times Notable author and Prix Medicis étranger-winner David Vann reimagines his father's final days. Halibut on the Moon traces the roots of mental illness in one man's life as he attempts to anchor himself to the places and people that once shaped his sense of identity. Middle-aged and deeply depressed, Jim arrives in California from Alaska and surrenders himself to the care of his brother Gary, who intends to watch over him. Swinging unpredictably from manic highs to extreme lows, Jim wanders ghost-like through the remains of his old life attempting to find meaning in his tattered relationships with family and friends. As sessions with his therapist become increasingly combative and his connections to others seem ever more tenuous, Jim is propelled forwardby his thoughts, which have the potential to lead him, despairingly, to his end. Halibut on the Moon is a searing exploration of a man held captive by the dark logic of depression and struggling mightily to wrench himself free. In vivid and haunting prose, Vann offers us an aching portrait of a mind in peril, searching desperately for some hope of redemption.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Psychological fiction.
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-2209
- ISBN
- 9780802128935
- 0802128939
- 9780802146809 (eBook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018045956
- 40028945423
- OCLC
- 1042120924
- Author
- Vann, David, author.
- Title
- Halibut on the moon / David Vann.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Other Form:
- Online version: Vann, David, author. Halibut on the moon First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York : Grove Press, 2019 9780802146809 (DLC) 2018048384
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028945423
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-2209