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…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Day as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As if relationships between siblings and spouses aren’t already complicated enough, Cunningham throws the isolation and distance of COVID into the mix.
I love this author’s ability to turn extremely authentic and simple domestic dramas occurring on one day into revelatory ideas about child-rearing and the expectations family members have of one another. A generation of young parents, their inquisitive children, the devotion of a brother and sister, and an infatuation between brothers-in-law are the subjects of this well-paced work.
The effect of the pandemic on a marriage, on family members' psyches, and the aftermath of one of their deaths…
From Jeanne's list on books that utilize COVID in the plot.
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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