This one is in my TBR pile still, but with fantastic blurbs from Dzanc authors Laura van den Berg and Josh Russell, and the fact that it was the co-winner of the 2009 Miami University Press Novella Contest (plus a sneak peek inside the covers) tells me I'm looking forward to it.
“John Cotter’s prose is lyric, his images unforgettable, his
characters richly complicated. From the first sentence to the last, I
was captivated by this story and the characters that call out to the
reader with mystery and beauty and terror, like voices in the night. Under
the Small Lights is a book to be savored, and John Cotter is an
exciting new voice in contemporary fiction.”
—Laura van den Berg, author of What the World Will
Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us
“John Cotter’s Under the Small Lights is the kind of book I
always look for and rarely find: a mellow meditation on friendship and
romance and the romance of friendship told in prose straightforward and
lovely. His characters are urbane and articulate, foolishly impulsive,
and heartbreakingly earnest. It’s been a long time since I’ve
encountered a bildungsroman this successful, let alone a novella this
bighearted.”
—Josh Russell, author of Yellow Jack and My
Bright Midnight
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