I Cheerfully Refuse
I Cheerfully Refuse
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I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
A career defining tour-de-force from the New York Times bestselling, award-winning and 'formidably gifted' (Chicago Tribune) novelist Leif Enger.
A rare, remarkable book to be kept and reread - for its beauty of language, its gentle wisdom and its steady, unflagging hope * Minneapolis Star Tribune *
Enger casts this adventure as an Orphean quest, but once Rainy takes on a young sidekick who's also on the lam, the enterprise feels like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reconceived by Cormac McCarthy -- Ron Charles * Washington Post *
As readable as anything [Enger] has written, [I Cheerfully Refuse] refreshingly concerns itself less with the miraculous than with what is right before our eyes, even when we want to look away * Wall Street Journal *
An unusual and meaningful surprise awaits readers of Enger's latest..[his] retelling of Orpheus (who went to the underworld to rescue his wife) contains the authentic hope of a born optimist * Los Angeles Times *
The transcendent latest from Enger (Peace Like a River) is at once a dystopian love story, a nautical adventure and a meditation on loss, kindness and natural beauty . . . This captivating narrative brims with hope * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *
There's both a playfulness and a seriousness of purpose to the latest from the Minnesota novelist, a spirit of whimsy that keeps hope flickering even in times of darkest despair * Kirkus Reviews *
Enger casts this adventure as an Orphean quest, but once Rainy takes on a young sidekick who's also on the lam, the enterprise feels like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reconceived by Cormac McCarthy -- Ron Charles * Washington Post *
As readable as anything [Enger] has written, [I Cheerfully Refuse] refreshingly concerns itself less with the miraculous than with what is right before our eyes, even when we want to look away * Wall Street Journal *
An unusual and meaningful surprise awaits readers of Enger's latest..[his] retelling of Orpheus (who went to the underworld to rescue his wife) contains the authentic hope of a born optimist * Los Angeles Times *
The transcendent latest from Enger (Peace Like a River) is at once a dystopian love story, a nautical adventure and a meditation on loss, kindness and natural beauty . . . This captivating narrative brims with hope * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *
There's both a playfulness and a seriousness of purpose to the latest from the Minnesota novelist, a spirit of whimsy that keeps hope flickering even in times of darkest despair * Kirkus Reviews *
Leif Enger grew up in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio before writing his bestselling debut novel Peace Like a River. His subsequent novels So Brave, Young and Handsome and Virgil Wander attracted numerous accolades. He lives with his wife in Duluth, Minnesota.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781804710821 |
| ISBN 10 | 1804710822 |
| Title | I Cheerfully Refuse |
| Author | Leif Enger |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2025-04-03 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |