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Idahois both a place and an emotional dimension. Haunted, haunting, Ruskovich s novel winds through time, braiding events and their consequences in the most unexpected and moving ways. Andrea Barrett
It s been six years since I first read Emily Ruskovich s breathtaking prose, felt the force of her unsparing imagination, and knew I was in the presence of a singular talent. I ve been waiting for the novel she would write ever since, and now it s here: Idahobegins with a rusted truck and ends up places you couldn t imagine. Its language is an enchantment, its vision brutal and sublime. This book is interested in what can t be repaired and every kind of grace we find in the face of that futility. It caught and held me absolutely. Leslie Jamison, author ofThe Empathy Exams
Emily Ruskovich sIdahois a novel written like music. Striking arpeggios, haunting refrains, and then you come to a bridge, and Ruskovich leads you up into the mountains, introducing a chorus of rich and beautiful voices woven deep in the Idaho woods, each trying to come to their own understanding of a terrible tragedy. This book is full of extraordinary women and men overcoming extraordinary loss through love and forgiveness. Ruskovich digs deeply into everyday moments, and shows that it is there, in our quietest thoughts and experiences, where we find and create our true selves. Hannah Tinti, author ofThe Good Thief
Emily Ruskovich has written a poem in prose, a beautiful and intricate homage to place, and a celebration of the defeats and triumphs of love. Beautifully crafted, emotionally evocative, and psychologically astute, Idahois one of the best books I have read in a long time. Chinelo Okparanta, author ofUnder the Udala Trees
Emily Ruskovich has intricately entwined a terrifying human story with an austere and impervious setting. The result something bigger than either is beautiful, brutal, and incandescent. Deirdre McNamer, author ofRed Rover"

You know you re in masterly hands here. [Emily] Ruskovich s language is itself a consolation, as she subtly posits the troubling thought that only decency can save us. . . . Ruskovich s novel will remind many readers of the great Idaho novel, Marilynne Robinson s Housekeeping. . . . [A] wrenching and beautiful book. The New York Times Book Review
Sensuous, exquisitely crafted. The Wall Street Journal
The first thing you should know about Idaho, the shatteringly original debut by O. Henry Prize winner Emily Ruskovich, is that it upturns everything you think you know about story. . . . You could read Idaho just for the sheer beauty of the prose, the expert way Ruskovich makes everything strange and yet absolutely familiar. . . . She startles with images so fresh, they make you see the world anew. . . . Idaho s brilliance is in its ability to not tie up the threads of narrative, and still be consummately rewarding. The novel reminds us that some things we just cannot know in life but we can imagine them, we can feel them and, perhaps, that can be enough to heal us. San Francisco Chronicle
Mesmerizing . . . [an] eerie story about what the heart is capable of fathoming and what the hand is capable of executing. Marie Claire
Idaho is a wonderful debut. Ruskovich knows how to build a page-turner from the opening paragraph. Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Ruskovich s debut is haunting, a portrait of an unusual family and a state that becomes a foreboding figure in her vivid depiction. The Huffington Post
Poetic and razor sharp, Idaho is a mystery in more ways than one. . . . Ruskovich s prose is lyrical but keen, a poem that never gets lost in its own rhythm . . . with a Marilynne Robinson-like emphasis on the private, painfully human contemplation going on inside the characters brains. The result is writing as bruisingly beautiful as the Idaho landscape in which the story takes place. A.V. Club
Idahois both a place and an emotional dimension. Haunted, haunting, Ruskovich s novel winds through time, braiding events and their consequences in the most unexpected and moving ways. Andrea Barrett
It s been six years since I first read Emily Ruskovich s breathtaking prose, felt the force of her unsparing imagination, and knew I was in the presence of a singular talent. I ve been waiting for the novel she would write ever since, and now it s here: Idahobegins with a rusted truck and ends up places you couldn t imagine. Its language is an enchantment, its vision brutal and sublime. This book is interested in what can t be repaired and every kind of grace we find in the face of that futility. It caught and held me absolutely. Leslie Jamison, author ofThe Empathy Exams
Emily Ruskovich sIdahois a novel written like music. Striking arpeggios, haunting refrains, and then you come to a bridge, and Ruskovich leads you up into the mountains, introducing a chorus of rich and beautiful voices woven deep in the Idaho woods, each trying to come to their own understanding of a terrible tragedy. This book is full of extraordinary women and men overcoming extraordinary loss through love and forgiveness. Ruskovich digs deeply into everyday moments, and shows that it is there, in our quietest thoughts and experiences, where we find and create our true selves. Hannah Tinti, author ofThe Good Thief
Emily Ruskovich has written a poem in prose, a beautiful and intricate homage to place, and a celebration of the defeats and triumphs of love. Beautifully crafted, emotionally evocative, and psychologically astute, Idahois one of the best books I have read in a long time. Chinelo Okparanta, author ofUnder the Udala Trees
Emily Ruskovich has intricately entwined a terrifying human story with an austere and impervious setting. The result something bigger than either is beautiful, brutal, and incandescent. Deirdre McNamer, author ofRed Rover"

"You know you're in masterly hands here. [Emily] Ruskovich's language is itself a consolation, as she subtly posits the troubling thought that only decency can save us. . . . Ruskovich's novel will remind many readers of the great Idaho novel, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping. . . . [A] wrenching and beautiful book."--The New York Times Book Review

"Sensuous, exquisitely crafted."--The Wall Street Journal

"The first thing you should know about Idaho, the shatteringly original debut by O. Henry Prize winner Emily Ruskovich, is that it upturns everything you think you know about story. . . . You could read Idaho just for the sheer beauty of the prose, the expert way Ruskovich makes everything strange and yet absolutely familiar. . . . She startles with images so fresh, they make you see the world anew. . . . Idaho's brilliance is in its ability to not tie up the threads of narrative, and still be consummately rewarding. The novel reminds us that some things we just cannot know in life--but we can imagine them, we can feel them and, perhaps, that can be enough to heal us."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Mesmerizing . . . [an] eerie story about what the heart is capable of fathoming and what the hand is capable of executing."--Marie Claire

"Idaho is a wonderful debut. Ruskovich knows how to build a page-turner from the opening paragraph."--Ft. Worth Star-Telegram

"Ruskovich's debut is haunting, a portrait of an unusual family and a state that becomes a foreboding figure in her vivid depiction."--The Huffington Post

"Poetic and razor sharp, Idaho is a mystery in more ways than one. . . . Ruskovich's prose is lyrical but keen, a poem that never gets lost in its own rhythm . . . with a Marilynne Robinson-like emphasis on the private, painfully human contemplation going on inside the characters' brains. The result is writing as bruisingly beautiful as the Idaho landscape in which the story takes place." --A.V. Club

"Idaho is both a place and an emotional dimension. Haunted, haunting, Ruskovich's novel winds through time, braiding events and their consequences in the most unexpected and moving ways."--Andrea Barrett

"It's been six years since I first read Emily Ruskovich's breathtaking prose, felt the force of her unsparing imagination, and knew I was in the presence of a singular talent. I've been waiting for the novel she would write ever since, and now it's here: Idaho begins with a rusted truck and ends up places you couldn't imagine. Its language is an enchantment, its vision brutal and sublime. This book is interested in what can't be repaired and every kind of grace we find in the face of that futility. It caught and held me absolutely."--Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams

"Emily Ruskovich's Idaho is a novel written like music. Striking arpeggios, haunting refrains, and then you come to a bridge, and Ruskovich leads you up into the mountains, introducing a chorus of rich and beautiful voices woven deep in the Idaho woods, each trying to come to their own understanding of a terrible tragedy. This book is full of extraordinary women and men overcoming extraordinary loss through love and forgiveness. Ruskovich digs deeply into everyday moments, and shows that it is there, in our quietest thoughts and experiences, where we find and create our true selves."--Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief

"Emily Ruskovich has written a poem in prose, a beautiful and intricate homage to place, and a celebration of the defeats and triumphs of love. Beautifully crafted, emotionally evocative, and psychologically astute, Idaho is one of the best books I have read in a long time."--Chinelo Okparanta, author of Under the Udala Trees

"Emily Ruskovich has intricately entwined a terrifying human story with an austere and impervious setting. The result--something bigger than either--is beautiful, brutal, and incandescent."--Deirdre McNamer, author of Red Rover

Reseña del editor

A stunning debut novel about love and forgiveness, about the violence of memory and the equal violence of its loss—from O. Henry Prize–winning author Emily Ruskovich

Finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award

Ann and Wade have carved out a life for themselves from a rugged landscape in northern Idaho, where they are bound together by more than love. With her husband’s memory fading, Ann attempts to piece together the truth of what happened to Wade’s first wife, Jenny, and to their daughters. In a story written in exquisite prose and told from multiple perspectives—including Ann, Wade, and Jenny, now in prison—we gradually learn of the mysterious and shocking act that fractured Wade and Jenny's lives, of the love and compassion that brought Ann and Wade together, and of the memories that reverberate through the lives of every character in Idaho.

In a wild emotional and physical landscape, Wade’s past becomes the center of Ann’s imagination, as Ann becomes determined to understand the family she never knew—and to take responsibility for them, reassembling their lives, and her own.

Praise for Idaho

“You know you’re in masterly hands here. [Emily] Ruskovich’s language is itself a consolation, as she subtly posits the troubling thought that only decency can save us. . . . Ruskovich’s novel will remind many readers of the great Idaho novel, Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping. . . .  [A] wrenching and beautiful book.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Sensuous, exquisitely crafted.”—The Wall Street Journal

“The first thing you should know about Idaho, the shatteringly original debut by O. Henry Prize winner Emily Ruskovich, is that it upturns everything you think you know about story. . . . You could read Idaho just for the sheer beauty of the prose, the expert way Ruskovich makes everything strange and yet absolutely familiar.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Mesmerizing . . . [an] eerie story about what the heart is capable of fathoming and what the hand is capable of executing.”—Marie Claire

“Idaho is a wonderful debut. Ruskovich knows how to build a page-turner from the opening paragraph.”—Ft. WorthStar-Telegram

“Ruskovich’s debut is haunting, a portrait of an unusual family and a state that becomes a foreboding figure in her vivid depiction.”—The Huffington Post