Stranger - Hardcover

“The gorgeous lyricism of David Bergen’s latest novel recalls the atmosphere of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.” (Maclean's)

“Stranger is an engrossing human exploration of displacement and inequality. . . . Bergen paints a dire reality that isn’t far off from the current state of affairs in the United States. Stranger feels like a caution, warning of the dangers of continued disunity and the growing rift from inequality” (Toronto Star)

“Inventive and electrifying. . . . Skilled and gutsy. . . . Brilliant and utterly convincing. . . . [Stranger] reminds us that even in the best-known stories, something unexpected is always lurking, if you go deep enough.” (Globe and Mail (Toronto))

“David Bergen has written arguably his best novel. . . . The book manages the rare feat of being profound and important but at the same time absolutely gripping.” (Quill & Quire)

“Leaving Tomorrow is a contemplative novel full of the hope that comes with youth, but in the end it becomes clear that like life, the journey is the real destination.” (Toronto Star)

“Leaving Tomorrow is pure pleasure. It doesn’t parade its wit or its wisdom but is a sensitive, perceptive and disarmingly honest bildungsroman which deserves to take its place alongside such mid-western Canadian classics as Who Has Seen the Wind and A Complicated Kindness.” (The Globe and Mail)

“This is a moving and engaging novel of grief and loss, impeccably written and fully imagined.” (Toronto Star)

“At once grand and intimate, Stranger is an epic story with a very human heart.” (Rachel Giese, Chatelaine)

“. . . an intriguing synthesis of Bergen’s previous works, blending the earlier novels’ focus on the suppressed lusts, rivalries, and consolations that underpin family and community with the broader, more topical concerns of The Retreat and The Time in Between.” (Quill & Quire)

“breathtaking . . . a work of genius” (Matthew Thomas, New York Times-bestselling author of We Are Not Ourselves)