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Winner of the Ironweed Press Fiction Prize
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist
Finalist, William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
Set in New York City and in a Buddhist monastery in rural Vermont, The Understory is both a mystery and a psychological study and reveals that repression and self-expression can be equally destructive. Ex-lawyer Jack Gorse walls off his inner life with elaborate rituals and routines. Threatened with eviction from his longtime apartment and caught off-guard by an attraction to a near stranger, he grapples with both disruptions in a manner that leads to catastrophe.
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist
Finalist, William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
Set in New York City and in a Buddhist monastery in rural Vermont, The Understory is both a mystery and a psychological study and reveals that repression and self-expression can be equally destructive. Ex-lawyer Jack Gorse walls off his inner life with elaborate rituals and routines. Threatened with eviction from his longtime apartment and caught off-guard by an attraction to a near stranger, he grapples with both disruptions in a manner that leads to catastrophe.
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Winner of the Ironweed Press Fiction Prize
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist
Set in New York City and in a Buddhist monastery in rural Vermont, The Understory is both a mystery and a psychological study and reveals that repression and self-expression can be equally destructive. Ex-lawyer Jack Gorse walls off his inner life with elaborate rituals and routines. Threatened with eviction from his longtime apartment and caught off-guard by an attraction to a near stranger, he grapples with both disruptions in a manner that leads to catastrophe.
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A Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist
Set in New York City and in a Buddhist monastery in rural Vermont, The Understory is both a mystery and a psychological study and reveals that repression and self-expression can be equally destructive. Ex-lawyer Jack Gorse walls off his inner life with elaborate rituals and routines. Threatened with eviction from his longtime apartment and caught off-guard by an attraction to a near stranger, he grapples with both disruptions in a manner that leads to catastrophe.
The Understory is author Pamela Erens's debut novel. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in a variety of literary and general-interest magazines, including Chicago Review, The Literary Review, Glamour, and O, The Oprah Magazine.
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- PublisherIronweed Pr Inc
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1931336040
- ISBN 13 9781931336048
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages143
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