Intention: A Novel

From National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree and author of Such Good Work and Calling Ukraine (“The funniest tragedy I’ve ever read” –Garth Greenwell), a tense portrait of connection and coincidence.

How many lives can collide over the course of a single spring day? In Intention, Lichtman’s quietly electrifying third novel, a chance encounter sets in motion a chain of reckonings that exposes the fault lines between art, ethics, and responsibility.

Birgitta is a celebrated mystery writer w...