Day
Book description
'Unsparing and tender' Colm Toibin, author of Brooklyn 'A brilliant novel from our most brilliant of writers' Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon 'A quietly stunning achievement' Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing…
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1 author picked Day as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In the presence of truly beautiful writing, like Cunningham’s, a kind of magic vibrates off the page. I deliberately slowed down my reading, as I would savor an artisanal chocolate truffle, letting the complicated sweetness linger lest I devoured this book too quickly.
Cunningham’s otherworldly command of language makes him deft at giving voice to events I often struggle to understand. The book gave necessary meaning, and even promise, to my experience, and our collective experience, of the COVID pandemic.
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