The World Without You, by Joshua Henkin
Henkin’s briskly paced third novel follows the Frankel family over a single July 4th weekend, drawn together to commemorate their son’s death in Iraq.
Henkin’s briskly paced third novel follows the Frankel family over a single July 4th weekend, drawn together to commemorate their son’s death in Iraq.
As a fiction writer, I have a litmus test for knowing if a book is one I love love love versus one that is merely admirable. A book that is truly fantastic for me is one that also makes me want to write. It’s not that I go into the reading experience looking to be bitten by contagious writing. But I’ve found that when I read certain writers—Jennifer Egan, Jo Ann Beard, Susan Minot, to name a few—the reverie of their prose is so intense, so real, that I find myself wanting to continue the conversation on my side of […]
