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David Vann

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in Adak, Alaska, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Published in 19 languages, David Vann’s internationally-bestselling books have won 15 prizes, including best foreign novel in France and Spain and, most recently, the $50,000 St. Francis College Literary Prize 2013, and appeared on 70 Best Books of the Year lists in a dozen countries. He has written for the Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Outside, Men’s Health, Men’s Journal, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Guardian, The Sunday Telegraph, The Financial Times, Elle UK, Esquire UK, Esquire Russia, National Geographic Adventure, Writer’s Digest, McSweeney’s, and other magazines and newspapers. A former Guggenheim fellow, National Endowment for the Arts fellow, Wallace Stegner fellow, and John L’Heureux fellow, he is currently a Professor at the ...more

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6 favorite books for The Week

I picked 6 favorites for The Week:

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Average rating: 3.61 · 22,036 ratings · 3,580 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors

	Aquarium 3.75 avg rating — 5,007 ratings — published 2015 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legend of a Suicide 3.72 avg rating — 3,962 ratings — published 2008 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caribou Island 3.48 avg rating — 3,575 ratings — published 2010 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sukkwan Island by David Vann (Goodreads Author), Laura Derajinski (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 3,089 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dirt 3.19 avg rating — 1,860 ratings — published 2012 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goat Mountain 3.32 avg rating — 1,742 ratings — published 2013 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bright Air Black 3.62 avg rating — 679 ratings — published 2017 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halibut on the Moon 3.62 avg rating — 628 ratings — published 2019 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Komodo by David Vann (Goodreads Author), Laura Derajinski (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 499 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Day on Earth: A Portrait of the NIU School Shooter 3.50 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Anything is possible with a parent. Parents are gods. They make us and they destroy us. They warp the world and remake it in their own shape, and that's the world we know forever after. It's the only world. We can't see what it might have looked like otherwise.”
― David Vann, Aquarium

tags: parents-and-children

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“Each thing that happens to us, each and every thing, it leaves some dent, and that dent will always be there. Each of us is a walking wreck.”
― David Vann, Aquarium

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“Even now, I still believe metamorphosis is the greatest beauty.”
― David Vann, Aquarium

tags: beauty, metamorphosis

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What will be our August 2019 Open Pick?

Remember, if you vote for a book and it wins, you are implicitly promising to read the book and participate in the discussion. If you fail to join in... I need a new threat...

The poll will be open through July 5th. (Note: Check for availability before voting. You can change your vote at any time prior to the closing of the poll.) Discussion will begin on August 1st.

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

5 votes, 45.5%

Goat Mountain by David Vann

3 votes, 27.3%

The Echo Maker by Richard Powers

2 votes, 18.2%

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

1 vote, 9.1%

11 total votes

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