{"product_id":"aug-9-fog-paperback","title":"Aug 9 - Fog - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathryn Scanlan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The searing strokes of this book remind me of the infinitude inside every life.\" --Leslie Jamison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis Review \u003c\/i\u003eStaff Pick, one of \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e's 25 Hot Books of Summer, and one of \u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e's 15 Most Anticipated Books of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stark, elegiac account of unexpected pleasures and the progress of seasons.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifteen years ago, Kathryn Scanlan found a stranger's five-year diary at an estate auction in a small town in Illinois. The owner of the diary was eighty-six years old when she began recording the details of her life in the small book, a gift from her daughter and son-in-law. The diary was falling apart--water-stained and illegible in places--but magnetic to Scanlan nonetheless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter reading and rereading the diary, studying and dissecting it, for the next fifteen years she played with the sentences that caught her attention, cutting, editing, arranging, and rearranging them into the composition that became \u003ci\u003eAug 9--Fog\u003c\/i\u003e (she chose the title from a note that was tucked into the diary). \"Sure grand out,\" the diarist writes. \"That puzzle a humdinger,\" she says, followed by, \"A letter from Lloyd saying John died the 16th.\" An entire state of mourning reveals itself in \"2 canned hams.\" The result of Scanlan's collaging is an utterly compelling, deeply moving meditation on life and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAug 9\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFog\u003c\/i\u003e, Scanlan's spare, minimalist approach has a maximal emotional effect, remaining with the reader long after the book ends. It is an unclassifiable work from a visionary young writer and artist--a singular portrait of a life revealed by revision and restraint.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Scanlan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAug 9--Fog\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dominant Animal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKick the Latch\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the Iowa Review Award, the Gordon Burn Prize, the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction, a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and fellowships from MacDowell, the Jan Michalski Foundation, and the European Capital of Culture in Chemnitz, Germany. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is a regular contributor to the journal \u003ci\u003eNOON\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Diane Williams. Originally from Iowa, she lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 6.78 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47391788564729,"sku":"9780374620363","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dreVpAfhMH9780374620363.webp?v=1770231837","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/aug-9-fog-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}