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The
2008 Award |
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The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis
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Nominated by:
Publisher of Nominated Edition:
ISBN: 9780316735049
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ABOUT
THE BOOK |
In a thin place, according to legend, the membrane separating this world from the spirit world is almost nonexistent. The small New England town of Varennes is such a place, and Kathryn Davis transports us there-revealing a surprising pageant of life as, in the course of one summer, Varennes's tranquillity is shattered by the arrival of a threatening outsider, worldly and otherworldly forces come into play, and a young local girl finds her miraculous gift for resurrecting the dead tested by the conflict between logic and wish.(From Publisher) |
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR |
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Kathryn Davis has received a Kafka Prize, the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She is also the author of the novels Labrador, The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf, The Walking Tour, Hell and Versailles. |
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LIBRARIAN'S COMMENTS |
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Original, inventive.
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