Authors
Meet Stewart O’Nan
Club Book with Stewart O’Nan
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 7 PMSouthdale Library, 7001 York Ave. S., Edina Hosted by Hennepin County Library
Stewart O’Nan is the acclaimed author of 13 novels, including A Prayer for the Dying, Songs for the Missing, Last Night at the Lobster and Snow Angels, which was made into a major motion picture in 2007. His latest work, The Odds: A Love Story, is a heartbreaking tale of a man and woman on the brink of divorce and bankruptcy, trying to determine whether the difficulty of the unknown outweighs the pain of the familiar. Named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by Granta, he also has written two works of nonfiction, The Circus Fire and Faithful (with Stephen King).
What do the critics say?
"One of the most beautiful, unforgettable scenes in any novel I’ve ever read occurs in “Last Night at the Lobster,” -Los Angeles Times
"O'Nan does in 229 pages what it takes most horror novelists volumes to do - make a clear point. With one foot in the genre of horror-supernatural and the other in literary fiction, this books defies classification."- San Francisco Chronicle
"I think that if you haven't read Stewart O'Nan...you have some catching up to do."- Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
"Chilling...By juxtaposing the angst of teenage years with the hoarier dread of middle age, O'Nan has put his finger on how frightening and swift is the hand of fate."- Star Tribune (Minneapolis)