The Winter in Anna by Reed Karaim
The story of an unlikely and transformative connection forged between a young journalist and a woman whose past holds a terrible secret.
A deceptively quiet novel that gradually gathers power around the themes of love, loss, memory, and the paramount importance of doing good work wellGorgeous and affirming. -- Mark Costello, National Book Award-nominated author of Big If
The Winter in Anna is filled with the secret knowledge I want out of a novel, particularly concerning the important subjects in life: love, pain, North Dakota, newspapers, small towns, family, loyalty, friendship, and regret. I could tell this book was good when reading it felt like a secret I was keeping from my family and from the world. -- Ander Monson, author of Letter to a Future Lover
I couldn't put down this wise tale-by turns bone-chilling, rollicking, bittersweet-of a young man's stint at the sort of small-town newspaper that, sadly, has all but vanished. The Winter in Anna arrives via the journalist's older self-husband, father-and is enriched and enlarged by his big-hearted musings on what he failed to understand in his youth and how that failure haunts him still. -- Elizabeth Evans, author of As Good As Dead
Reed Karaim tells a 'tribal and ancient story' about how our early choices shape us... With exotic details of a state filled with fire and ice, The Winter in Anna shows who we often find impossible to forgive: our younger selves. -- Maureen Gibbon, author of Paris Red
The Winter in Anna is a deeply affecting elegy. As I read, I slowly realized that Anna herself-so full of what Chekhov called 'haunting pathos'-would be a heart-wrenching character, and she is. Karaim works a beautifully paced magic. I somehow heard, page by page, Bach's Unaccompanied Cello suites drifting in through the North Dakota snow. -- Howard Norman, author of My Darling Detective
An atmospheric and beautifully written capsule of loss, regret, and moments of salvation. -- Vicki Ann Duraine - Arizona Daily Star
[A] literary heart stopper. -- Chris Stuckenschneider - The Missourian
Memorable... The Winter in Anna is both thoughtful and introspective, in the tradition of Pat Conroy and Ward Just. -- Ian Schwartz - BookPage
Captivating... [W]onderfully crafted... a beautiful, touching novel. -- Publishers Weekly
A melancholy, earnest study of friendship. -- Kirkus
The Winter in Anna is filled with the secret knowledge I want out of a novel, particularly concerning the important subjects in life: love, pain, North Dakota, newspapers, small towns, family, loyalty, friendship, and regret. I could tell this book was good when reading it felt like a secret I was keeping from my family and from the world. -- Ander Monson, author of Letter to a Future Lover
I couldn't put down this wise tale-by turns bone-chilling, rollicking, bittersweet-of a young man's stint at the sort of small-town newspaper that, sadly, has all but vanished. The Winter in Anna arrives via the journalist's older self-husband, father-and is enriched and enlarged by his big-hearted musings on what he failed to understand in his youth and how that failure haunts him still. -- Elizabeth Evans, author of As Good As Dead
Reed Karaim tells a 'tribal and ancient story' about how our early choices shape us... With exotic details of a state filled with fire and ice, The Winter in Anna shows who we often find impossible to forgive: our younger selves. -- Maureen Gibbon, author of Paris Red
The Winter in Anna is a deeply affecting elegy. As I read, I slowly realized that Anna herself-so full of what Chekhov called 'haunting pathos'-would be a heart-wrenching character, and she is. Karaim works a beautifully paced magic. I somehow heard, page by page, Bach's Unaccompanied Cello suites drifting in through the North Dakota snow. -- Howard Norman, author of My Darling Detective
An atmospheric and beautifully written capsule of loss, regret, and moments of salvation. -- Vicki Ann Duraine - Arizona Daily Star
[A] literary heart stopper. -- Chris Stuckenschneider - The Missourian
Memorable... The Winter in Anna is both thoughtful and introspective, in the tradition of Pat Conroy and Ward Just. -- Ian Schwartz - BookPage
Captivating... [W]onderfully crafted... a beautiful, touching novel. -- Publishers Weekly
A melancholy, earnest study of friendship. -- Kirkus
Reed Karaim is the author of If Men Were Angels, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife and daughter.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780393608502 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393608506 |
| Title | The Winter in Anna |
| Author | Reed Karaim |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2017-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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