In
his first story collection, Vann leads the reader to vital places while
exorcizing demons born from the suicide of his father.—The New York Times, 100 Notable Books of 2008
With
his story collection Legend of a Suicide,
Cornell Alum and former Cornell Assistant Professor, David Vann, has won praise
for his riveting book, which was released this year. In addition to receiving the noteworthy honor
of being named one of The New York Times “100
Notable Books of 2008,” the collection also received a full review in the
November 28 issue of the publication (with a reprint in the International Herald Tribune.)
If
that honor weren’t enough Legend of a
Suicide was also named one of the “Top Ten Story Collections of 2008” by
the Kansas City Star, and is the
winner of the Grace Paley Prize, awarded by the Association of Writers and
Writing Programs.
To
celebrate his success, Vann has scheduled a national reading tour with four
exclusive dates scheduled in the Bay Area, listed below.
Reading Tour for Legend of a Suicide (Bay Area Schedule):
Thursday, January 29,
7:30pm, Books Inc. in Alameda,
CA
1344 Park Street, Alameda
Thursday, February 5,
7:30pm, Books Inc. in San Francisco,
CA
2251 Chestnut Street, San
Francisco
February, Date TBA,
Copperfield’s Books in Santa Rosa, CA
2316 Montgomery
Drive,
Santa Rosa
Wednesday, February
18, 7:30pm at Stanford
University
Terrace
Room, Margaret Jack Hall (Building 460)
Additional
praise for Legend of a Suicide:
“Vann uses startling powers of observation to create
strong characters, tense scenes and genuine surprises.”--Publishers Weekly
"This
is one of the most striking fictional debuts in recent memory, and David Vann is
an important new voice in American literature."--Robert Olen Butler,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
"As the title suggests, the stories in Legend of a
Suicide approach a private mythos, revisiting, reinvestigating and reinventing
one family's broken past. They also transport us to wild, uncharted places
on the Alaskan coast and in the American soul. Throughout, David Vann is
a generous, surehanded guide in some very dangerous territory."--Stewart
O'Nan
For
more information on David Vann’s reading tour engagements, and for links to all
of the reviews noted above, please visit his website, www.davidvann.com. Be sure to pick up a copy of Legend of a Suicide at: http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Suicide-David-Vann/dp/1558496726/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215516122&sr=1-2
