In the Distance
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Country | United States |
Publisher | Coffee House Press |
In the Distance is a 2017 novel by writer and professor .[1]
Writing and composition[]
The novel took six years to write.[2] Diaz was drawn to the Western genre as he thought it had not "[fulfilled] its promise or potential.".[2] Diaz wrote the book in Manhattan and Brooklyn.[1]
Reception[]
Critical reception[]
Carys Davies, writing for The Guardian, referred to the novel as a "thrilling narrative, full of twists and turns".[3] Catherine Taylor, in her review for the Financial Times, praised In the Distance as an "[...] extraordinary epic tale".[4]
Honors[]
The novel was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction[1][5] and for the Pulitzer Prize.[6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Downes, Lawrence (2 May 2018). "A Debut Novel. A Tiny Press. A Pulitzer Finalist". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bady, Aaron (20 November 2017). "Subverting the Western: A Conversation With Hernan Diaz". The Nation. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Davies, Carys (6 July 2018). "In the Distance by Hernan Diaz review – a western unlike any other". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Taylor, Catherine (14 September 2018). "In the Distance by Hernan Diaz — lone star". www.ft.com. The Financial Times. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Announcing the Winner of the 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction! | The PEN/Faulkner Foundation". PEN/Faulkner Award. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Finalist: In the Distance, by Hernan Diaz (Coffee House Press)". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
Categories:
- 2017 American novels
- 2017 debut novels
- Novels set in California
- Western (genre) novels
- Coffee House Press books
- 2010s novel stubs