The Sorrows of an American: An astonishing family drama that's 'almost impossible to put down' - Independent
About this ebook
'An astonishing family drama . . . almost certainly the best American novel you will read this year'
Sunday Telegraph
'Almost impossible to put down'
Independent
'Masterful'
The Times
'Wonderful'
Observer
While clearing out their late father's papers, Erik and Inga Davidsen unearth a cryptic letter from his adolescence. Desperate to discover the man they never fully understood, they set about reading his memoir.
As the siblings are drawn into his past, their lives are upended by two strangers. Erik becomes captivated by Miranda, a young mother who moves into his garden flat. And Inga, still grieving her husband's recent death, is threatened by a journalist in possession of a devastating secret.
'One of the most profound and absorbing books I've read in a long time'
Washington Post
About the author
Siri Hustvedt is the author of seven novels, five collections of essays, a poetry collection and a memoir. Her books have been listed for major prizes, including the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize and the PEN America Literary Award, and she has been awarded the LA Times Book Prize, the Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon, the International Gabarron Prize for Thought and Humanities, the Princess of Asturia Award and the Openbank Literature Award, among others. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and has been awarded honorary PhDs from Johannes Gutenberg University, Stendhal University and the University of Oslo. She is a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and has written on art for the New York Times and the Daily Telegraph. Born in Minnesota, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.
