Author

Publication

2016 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

66,000 words, Guess

Page Count

264 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780374238582
  • Open LibraryOL27220210M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3612.U2495 P85 2016
  • LCCPS3612.U2495P85 2016

Description

"A searing debut novel from one of the most imaginative minds in fiction Kelly Luce's Pull Me Under tells the story of Rio Silvestri, who, when she was twelve years old, fatally stabbed a school bully. Rio, born Chizuru Akitani, is the Japanese American daughter of the revered violinist Hiro Akitani--a Living National Treasure in Japan and a man Rio hasn't spoken to since she left her home country for the United States (and a new identity) after her violent crime. Her father's death, along with a mysterious package that arrives on her doorstep in Boulder, Colorado, spurs her to return to Japan for the first time in twenty years. There she is forced to confront her past in ways she never imagined, pushing herself, her relationships with her husband and daughter, and her own sense of who she is to the brink. The novel's illuminating and palpably atmospheric descriptions of Japan and its culture, as well its elegantly dynamic structure, call to mind both Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being and David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars. Pull Me Under is gripping, psychologically complex fiction--at the heart of which is an affecting exploration of home, self-acceptance, and the limits of forgiveness."-- "The debut novel from the author of Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail"--

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  • Pull me underFarrar, Straus and Giroux2016-01-01

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