Free Download The Lost Book of Adana Moreau: A Novel Kindle Edition
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau: A Novel Kindle Edition
A Most Anticipated Book of 2020 from the Boston Globe and The Millions
A Best Book of February 2020 at Salon, The Millions, LitHub and Vol 1. Brooklyn
“A stunner—equal parts epic and intimate, thrilling and elegiac.”—Laura Van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel
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. The novel earns rave reviews, and Adana begins a sequel. Then she falls gravely ill. Just before she dies, she destroys the only copy of the manuscript.
Decades later in Chicago, Saul Drower is cleaning out his dead grandfather’s home when he discovers a mysterious manuscript written by none other than Adana Moreau. With the help of his friend Javier, Saul tracks down an address for Adana’s son in New Orleans, but as Hurricane Katrina strikes they must head to the storm-ravaged city for answers.
What results is a brilliantly layered masterpiece—an ode to home, storytelling and the possibility of parallel worlds.
A Best Book of February 2020 at Salon, The Millions, LitHub and Vol 1. Brooklyn
“A stunner—equal parts epic and intimate, thrilling and elegiac.”—Laura Van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel
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. The novel earns rave reviews, and Adana begins a sequel. Then she falls gravely ill. Just before she dies, she destroys the only copy of the manuscript.
Decades later in Chicago, Saul Drower is cleaning out his dead grandfather’s home when he discovers a mysterious manuscript written by none other than Adana Moreau. With the help of his friend Javier, Saul tracks down an address for Adana’s son in New Orleans, but as Hurricane Katrina strikes they must head to the storm-ravaged city for answers.
What results is a brilliantly layered masterpiece—an ode to home, storytelling and the possibility of parallel worlds.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Michael Zapata writes as skillfully of rebellion as he does of joy, and every page of The Lost Book of Adana Moreau comes alive."
--"Idra Novey, author of Ways to Disappear"
"An ambitious novel that probes for friendship, the possibility of parallel worlds, and the way the real and the unreal meet at every moment."
--"Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree"
--"Idra Novey, author of Ways to Disappear"
"An ambitious novel that probes for friendship, the possibility of parallel worlds, and the way the real and the unreal meet at every moment."
--"Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree"
About the Author
Michael Zapata is a founding editor of MAKE: A Literary Magazine. He is the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Award for Fiction; the City of Chicago DCASE Individual Artist Program award; and a Pushcart nomination. As an educator, he taught literature and writing in high schools servicing dropout students. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa and has lived in New Orleans, Italy, and Ecuador. He currently lives in Chicago with his family.
Product details
- File Size: 1004 KB
- Print Length: 272 pages
- Publisher: Hanover Square Press; Original edition (February 4, 2020)
- Publication Date: February 4, 2020
- Language: English
- ASIN: B07RQ7C4VY
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
- Word Wise: Enabled
- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,230 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #99 in Hispanic American Literature & Fiction
- #46 in Hispanic American Literature
- #97 in Jewish History (Kindle Store)
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