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"Deeply impressive: confident, historically astute, psychologically persuasive ... beautiful and disturbing... a work of real achievement."--Jennifer Egan, Nation

"Brilliant ... Choi's insightful understanding, vivid description, lyrical use of language and deft dialogue make it an overall reading pleasure."--Oregonian

"Prepare to be held hostage by Susan Choi's mesmerizing AMERICAN WOMAN."--Vanity Fair

"Intellectually provocative and vividly imagined."--Kirkus Reviews

"With uncompromising grace and mastery, Susan Choi renders the intimate moments which bring to life a tale of prodigious sweep."--Jhumpa Lahiri*

"A brilliant read ... astonishing in its honesty and confidence AMERICAN WOMAN is a haunting book."--Denver Post

"Historical sweep and startling particular shrewdness ... Choi has written a fascinating portrait of dangerous fragility."--New York Times

"AMERICAN WOMAN with its historical acuity and sprawling interior intimacy further confirms that Susan Choi is a writer of scope, ambition and undeniable talent."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Masterfully plotted ....AMERICAN WOMAN is that rarest of creations, a political novel that gives equal weight to its characters' inner and outer lives."--Laura Miller, Salon

"[AMERICAN WOMAN] takes a hard-eyed look at American idealism, and yet its imaginative abundance its fascination with self invention and its portrayal of the landscape as a living, breathing presence provide a quintessentially American sense of possibility."--The New Yorker

In hiding after committing an act of terror against the American government, twenty-five-year-old anti-war radical Jenny oversees three young fugitives, including a newspaper magnate's daughter who has become a national celebrity for joining the ranks of her terrorist captors. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.