{"product_id":"the-recent-east-paperback","title":"The Recent East - 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\u003eThomas Grattan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2022 Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction - Longlisted for the PEN\/Hemmingway Award for Debut Novel -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice - A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 at\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Millions -\u003c\/i\u003e One of Goodreads' 75 Debut Novels to Discover in 2021 - One of \u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e's 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 LGBTQ+ Books You Absolutely Need to Read This Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderful, immersive debut novel . . . In Grattan's hands, life's joys are magnetic.\" --Patrick Nathan, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary family saga following a mother and two teens as they navigate a new life in East Germany. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Beate Haas, who defected from East Germany as a child, is notified that her parents' abandoned mansion is available for her to reclaim. Newly divorced and eager to escape her bleak life in upstate New York, where she has lived as an adult, she arrives with her two teenagers to discover a city that has become an unrecognizable ghost town. The move fractures the siblings' close relationship, as Michael, free to be gay, takes to looting empty houses and partying with wannabe anarchists, while Adela, fascinated with the horrors of the Holocaust, buries herself in books and finds companionship in a previously unknown cousin. Over time, the town itself changes, too--from dismantled city to refugee haven and neo-Nazi hotbed, and eventually to a desirable seaside resort town. In the midst of that change, two episodes of devastating, fateful violence come to define the family forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving seamlessly through decades and between the thoughts and lives of several unforgettable characters, Thomas Grattan's spellbinding novel \u003ci\u003eThe Recent East\u003c\/i\u003e is a multigenerational epic that illuminates what it means to leave home, and what it means to return. Masterfully crafted with humor, gorgeous prose, and a powerful understanding of history and heritage, \u003ci\u003eThe Recent East\u003c\/i\u003e is the profoundly affecting story of a family upended by displacement and loss, and the extraordinary debut of an empathetic and ambitious storyteller.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Grattan\u003c\/b\u003e's short fiction has appeared in several publications, including \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSLICE\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He has an MFA in fiction writing from Brooklyn College and has taught middle school English for more than a decade. \u003ci\u003eThe Recent East \u003c\/i\u003eis his debut novel. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252130463993,"sku":"9781250829580","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Z01jRHNBWkJNU0R5WUJXTmIrTjRqZz09.webp?v=1768680813","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-recent-east-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}