reservation road by john burnham schwartz

Suspense is redefined here.' -Sandra Scofield,Newsday 'A lovely book, full of life and feeling' -Peter Matthiessen 'One of those rare-very rare-novels that you don't so much read as inhabit.But it's the novel's conclusion, as perfect as it is sudden, shocking and completely unexpected, that will stick in your memory.' -Tom Dehaven,Entertainment Weekly 'A beautiful novel. John Burnham Schwartz is awfully young to own this much wisdom, but there it is, on every page.' -Rosellen Brown 'A powerful and affecting pelling to read.' -Michiko Kakutani,New York Times 'Spellbinding.a haunting tale' -Booklist 'A poignant thriller.quietly breathtaking.a suspenseful literary novel' -Betsey Osborne,Vanity Fair 'A pleasure to read. And though it begins in catastrophe,Reservation Roadturns out to be a kind of map of connectedness: Touch a child here and the whole world trembles out of orbit everyone bleeds finally, perhaps, after great pain, everyone heals. 'This is a shattering book, imagined with startling emotional precision and generosity. character-driven as it is, it reads like a thriller, swift and complete.'- The New York Times Book Review This is one of those rare-very rare-novels that you don't so much read as inhabit and that makes everyday life seem altogether mysterious.' - Entertainment Weekly 'A triumph. 'Thrums with suspense and moral ambiguity. This is an astonishing tale of love and loss, rage and redemption, that is as suspenseful as it is emotionally compelling. As these two men's lives unravel, Reservation Road moves to its startling conclusion. Dwight, a man at once fleeing his crime and hoping to get caught, wrestles with overwhelming guilt and his sense of obligation to his son. Ethan, a respected professor of literature at a small New England college, is wracked by an obsession with revenge that threatens to tear his family apart. Two haunted men and their families are engulfed by the emotions surrounding an unexpected and horrendous death. A powerful and affecting novel.'- The New York Times A tragic accident sets in motion a cycle of violence and retribution in John Burnham Schwartz's riveting novel Reservation Road. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 'A dark and irresistible miracle: a heartbreaking thriller.'- Los Angeles Times 'Haunting.

Reservation road by john burnham schwartz