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A KIRKUS BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE WEEK

“Catnip for Ferrante fans.” Boston Globe

“Readers will find [The Lack of Light] irresistible.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A thrilling, heartbreaking, unforgettable story. Not a page too long."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

A page-turning epic of loss and redemption in the vein of Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers and Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels, about a group of four women who formed a deep friendshi...

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From a Distance: A Guest Post by Nino Haratischwili

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Award-winning novelist and playwright Nino Haratischwili is back with a poignant novel of love and loss centered on a group of four women. Read on for an exclusive essay from Nino on writing The Lack of Light. “The Lack of Light” is a very personal book for me, although it is not directly autobiographical. I […]
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