Kingdom of the Young (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781941411414)

"Ambitious, original, deliciously philosophical. Kingdom of the Young invites comparison to the cricas of Clarice Lispector and the fabulas of Italo Calvino." --Carolyn Cooke, author of Daughters of the Revolution

The dynamic characters in Kingdom of the Young are searching: for adventure, work, love, absolution, better chances elsewhere. In a symphonic stream of consciousness, a fanatical child army loses faith in its commander as he ages unforgivably into his thirties. A woman possessed with wanderlust and a small inheritance seeks love among the cave-dwelling Roma in Granada. Traumatized war veterans run local rackets; smarmy bureaucrats rise through the ranks of repressive regimes; civilians attempt to escape the stranglehold of life under dictatorships. From the honeycombed caves outside the Alhambra to the streets of Havana, from hospital wards to quinceara parties, these stories--along with the collection's illuminating nonfiction coda--testify to Meidav's vast imaginative range.

Edie Meidav is the author of three novels--The Far Field, Crawl Space, and Lola, California. Her honors include a Lannan Literary Award, the Kafka Award for Best Novel by an American Woman, the Bard Fiction Prize, a Whiting Award, and a Howard Fellowship. She teaches in the University of Massachusetts MFA program and lives in Amherst.

Author: Edie Meidav
ISBN-10: 194141141X
ISBN-13: 9781941411414
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Language: English
Published: 04/04/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2017 pg. 27
Publishers Weekly 02/27/2017 pg. 73
Publishers Weekly 03/06/2017