David Vann
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In the fall of 1978, a boy joins his grandfather, his father, and his father's best friend on the family's annual deer hunt during which a simple act leads to tragedy, transforming them all and forcing them to question everything.
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Following the success of Aquarium which was a New York Times Editor's Choice and garnered numerous rave reviews, David Vann transports us to 13th century B.C. to give a nuanced and electric portrait of the life of one of ancient mythology's most fascinating and notorious women, Medea. In brilliant poetic prose Bright Air Black brings us aboard the ship Argo for its epic return journey across the Black Sea from Persia's Colchis--where Medea flees...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In his new novel, bestselling New York Times author, David Vann reimagines his father's final days. Halibut on the Moon traces the roots of mental illness in one man's life as he attempts to anchor himself to the places and people that once shaped his sense of identity. Middle-aged and deeply depressed, Jim arrives in California from Alaska and surrenders himself to the care of his brother Gary, who intends to watch over him. Swinging unpredictably...
Author
Description
On Valentine's Day 2008, Steve Kazmierczak killed five and wounded eighteen at Northern Illinois University, then killed himself. But he was an A student, a Deans' Award winner. How could this happen?
CNN could not get the story. The Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and all others came up empty because Steve's friends and professors knew very little. He had reinvented himself in his final five years. But David Vann, investigating for Esquire,...