Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction

"An ode to fiction’s unique ability to illuminate history—not as fact but as felt experience.” —The New Yorker

Hailed as a "genius-enchantress" (Karen Russell) and winner of the MacArthur Fellowship, the celebrated novelist Andrea Barrett has for decades reached backward to find inspiration from the past and written acclaimed and prizewinning works of historical fiction. In Dust and Light, ...