Bloomland

By John Englehardt

Book Overview

Winner of the VCU Cabell First Novel Award

Winner of the 2018 Dzanc Prize for Fiction

An Indies Introduce Pick

A Kirkus Best Books of 2019 selection

Spanning two decades, Bloomland examines the social roots and community fallout of a shooting at a fictional southern university. As the narrative moves between the lives of a disillusioned student, a grieving professor, and the shooter himself, the psyches and stories of each character blend and intersect, ultimately asking us to rethink American myths of selfhood, grief, and violence as a redemptive act.

Profound and deeply nuanced, Bloomland is a dazzling debut that walks in step with the novels of Carth Greenwell, Rachel Kushner, and Louise Erdrich.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1945814934
• ISBN13: 9781945814938
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Dzanc Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"