Carry Me Across the Water by Ethan Canin

Carry Me Across the Water by Ethan Canin

Breathtaking in its suspense and beauty, Carry Me Across the Water is the story of a man's turbulent journey, with his family, through the central years of the twentieth century. Young August Kleinman escapes from Nazi Germany to America, where his mother's words--Take the advice of no one--fate him to a life of boldness and originality, from the poor streets of New York to the marble mansions of industrial Pittsburgh, from old world Hamburg to the jungle islands of the Pacific. Ultimately, near the end of a long and bountiful life, his resolution of a haunting encounter with a Japanese soldier during World War Two finally illuminates, at the deepest levels, the way authentic lives truly unfold. From the writer hailed as the most mature and accomplished novelist of his generation (Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio) comes this exquisitely modulated short novel (Los Angeles Times), which eases its silky-smooth way into a reader's consciousness even as it plumbs the depths (Newsday).

For Kings and Planets, The Palace Thief, Blue River, and Emperor of Air are among Ethan Canin's works. He is a Harvard Medical School graduate and a member of the University of Iowa's Workshop faculty. He splits his time between California and Iowa.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780679456797
ISBN 10	0679456791
Title	Carry Me Across the Water
Author	Ethan Canin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House (NY)
Year published	2001-05-01
Number of pages	206
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.