Hart Island by Gary Zebrun
Hart Island has served as a potters field for more than a century, holding over a million indigent, unclaimed, or unknown New Yorkers bodies - and yet it is little-known even among locals. In this absorbing and elegiac story, Gary Zebrun explores overlapping connections of sexuality, family, criminality, and morality.
“Zebrun’s writing is always clear, economical, and powerfulHart Island effortlessly shows how place shapes destiny, how characters become who they are because of where they live and the secrets they keep—and confess.”—Peter Grimes, editor of Pembroke Magazine
“Beautiful, atmospheric, cunningly plotted. From the opening pages, I was transported into Sal Cusumano’s world as he makes his way back and forth to Hart Island, between the living and the dead. I couldn’t wait to discover what would happen next in this world full of violence and unexpected tenderness.”—Margot Livesey, author of The Road from Belhaven
“Hart Island has all the pleasures of a thriller and expertly designed detective story, while it’s also the history of an arresting and forgotten place, a meditation on grief and the crisis of faith, a testament to loyalty and compassion, and a heartening celebration of the redemptive resilience of love.”—Jim Shepard, author of The Book of Aron
“Beautiful, atmospheric, cunningly plotted. From the opening pages, I was transported into Sal Cusumano’s world as he makes his way back and forth to Hart Island, between the living and the dead. I couldn’t wait to discover what would happen next in this world full of violence and unexpected tenderness.”—Margot Livesey, author of The Road from Belhaven
“Hart Island has all the pleasures of a thriller and expertly designed detective story, while it’s also the history of an arresting and forgotten place, a meditation on grief and the crisis of faith, a testament to loyalty and compassion, and a heartening celebration of the redemptive resilience of love.”—Jim Shepard, author of The Book of Aron
Gary Zebrun is a writer who lives in Providence, Rhode Island. His first novel, Someone You Know, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. He is the recipient of Yaddo, MacDowell, and Breadloaf fellowships and has published work in the New York Times, the New Republic, the Iowa Review, and elsewhere.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780299348342 |
| ISBN 10 | 0299348342 |
| Title | Hart Island |
| Author | Gary Zebrun |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Year published | 2024-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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