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THE RED CAR
A wildly imaginative, rebellious, and tender tale of independence from the critically acclaimed author, a razor-sharp exploration of a women’s search for self-realization.
When Leah Kaplan's former boss and mentor, Judy, dies in a car accident she leaves Leah her most prized possession—a flashy red sports car—the shock forces Leah to reevaluate her whole life.
Leah is living in Queens with Hans, a husband she doesn’t love and a list of unfulfilled ambitions. Returning to San Francisco to attend Judy's funeral and claim the mysterious car, Leah revisits past lives and loves in fourteen sprawling days colored by sex and sorrow and unexpected delight. Through the voice of Judy, who advises from afar, the surreal nature of grief is made hauntingly evident as Leah is led toward a new sense of freedom.
Surreal, sexy, and transgressive, The Red Car is influenced by the writing of Haruki Marukami, and will also bring the same comparisons Marcy’s work always has—Mary Gaitskill is the most common example. Flawed, seemingly aimless, yet real and relatable, Leah is the kind of heroine that made Marcy’s Bad Marie an instant cult favorite.
With the publication of the novels Twins (William Morrow, 2005) and Bad Marie (HarperPerennial, 2010), Marcy Dermansky has built herself a devoted audience of readers who appreciate her honesty, her immediacy, and the originality of her writing about women. She is the winner of the Andre Dubus Novella Award and Story Magazine’s Carson McCullers Prize.
Leah is living in Queens with Hans, a husband she doesn’t love and a list of unfulfilled ambitions. Returning to San Francisco to attend Judy's funeral and claim the mysterious car, Leah revisits past lives and loves in fourteen sprawling days colored by sex and sorrow and unexpected delight. Through the voice of Judy, who advises from afar, the surreal nature of grief is made hauntingly evident as Leah is led toward a new sense of freedom.
Surreal, sexy, and transgressive, The Red Car is influenced by the writing of Haruki Marukami, and will also bring the same comparisons Marcy’s work always has—Mary Gaitskill is the most common example. Flawed, seemingly aimless, yet real and relatable, Leah is the kind of heroine that made Marcy’s Bad Marie an instant cult favorite.
With the publication of the novels Twins (William Morrow, 2005) and Bad Marie (HarperPerennial, 2010), Marcy Dermansky has built herself a devoted audience of readers who appreciate her honesty, her immediacy, and the originality of her writing about women. She is the winner of the Andre Dubus Novella Award and Story Magazine’s Carson McCullers Prize.
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Published 2016-10-01 by Liveright / Norton |