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The Lost Book of Adana More by Michael Zapata (Autographed Paperback Edition)
- Item Number
- 356
- Estimated Value
- 15 USD
- Sold
- 13 USD to ap368e2f1
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
Own a signed copy of Chicago writer Michael Zapata's novel, "The Lost Book of Adana Moreau." The mesmerizing story of a Latin American science fiction writer and the lives her lost manuscript unites decades later in post-Katrina New Orleans
In 1929 in New Orleans, a Dominican immigrant named Adana Moreau writes a science fiction novel titled Lost City. It earns a modest but enthusiastic readership, and Adana begins a sequel. Then she falls gravely ill. Just before Adana dies, leaving behind her husband and son, she destroys the only copy of the manuscript.
Decades later in Chicago, Saul Drower's dying grandfather asks him to send a mysterious package to Adana Moreau's son, Maxwell, a theoretical physicist at the University of Chile. When the package is unexpectedly returned, Saul discovers that it contains a manuscript titled A Model Earth, written by none other than Adana Moreau.
Who was Adana Moreau? How did Saul’s grandfather, a Jewish immigrant born on a steamship, come across this lost manuscript? With the help of his friend Javier, Saul tracks down an address for Maxwell in New Orleans, and, just as Hurricane Katrina strikes, the two head south to that storm-ravaged city hit search of answers.
What results is a brilliantly layered masterpiece. An ode to home, storytelling and the possibility of parallel worlds, Michael Zapata's debut shines a breathtaking new light on the experiences of displacement and exile that define our nation.
Awards include:
* Winner of the 2020 Chicago Review of Books Award (CHIRBy) in Fiction
* Finalist for the 2020 Heartland Booksellers Award in Fiction
* A NPR Best Book of 2020
* A BookPage Best Book of 2020
* An A.V. Club Best Book of 2020
* A Los Angeles Public Library Best Book of 2020
* A Library Journal Best Winter/Spring Debut of 2020
* A Boston Globe Most Anticipated Book of 2020
* The Millions Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2020 Book Preview
* A Best Book of February 2020 at Salon, Lit Hub, Vol 1. Brooklyn, and Chicago Review of Books
https://www.michaelzapata.com/
Item Special Note
Donated by: Michael Zapata
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Michael Zapata
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