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"What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is an old fashioned literary novel in
the very best sense--thoughtful and intellectual, moving and
well-wrought. Like its restless, yearning characters, it's not afraid
of the big questions, God and love, work and love, friendship and
love, and yet the solace this impressive debut finds lies as deeply in
the page as in the flesh or the spirit. Beha has managed to produce a
book that is satisfying for anyone who reads in order to live."
--Helen Schulman, author of "This Beautiful Life"
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is an imperishable gift of
storytelling, a novel built sturdily of wisdom, beauty, and love.
Christopher R. Beha writes with Jamesian sophistication about the
enduring enigma of our inner lives, and the result is a title
character who will dwell in you always." --William Giraldi, author of "Busy Monsters"
"Christopher R Beha's "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" manages, somehow,
to read both like an auspicious debut and a veteran achievement: it
offers at once the vivid, old-fashioned pleasures of a classic
bildungsroman and a frighteningly intelligent contemporary take on the
ambitions and limits of storytelling and faith. It's a glass-and-steel
penthouse on a foundation of oak, and the most memorable first novel
I've read in some time."--Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of " A Sense of Direction"
For "What Happened to Sophie Wilder"
"Beha's debut novel (after the memoir "The Whole Five Feet") is a thoughtful journey about the place of intellectual curiosity in relation to faith, friendship, and love."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is an old fashioned literary novel in
the very best sense--thoughtful and intellectual, moving and
well-wrought. Like its restless, yearning characters, it's not afraid
of the big questions, God and love, work and love, friendship and
love, and yet the solace this impressive debut finds lies as deeply in
the page as in the flesh or the spirit. Beha has managed to produce a
book that is satisfying for anyone who reads in order to live."
--Helen Schulman, author of "This Beautiful Life"
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is an imperishable gift of
storytelling, a novel built sturdily of wisdom, beauty, and love.
Christopher R. Beha writes with Jamesian sophistication about the
enduring enigma of our inner lives, and the result is a title
character who will dwell in you always." --William Giraldi, author of "Busy Monsters"
"Christopher R Beha's "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" manages, somehow,
to read both like an auspicious debut and a veteran achievement: it
offers at once the vivid, old-fashioned pleasures of a classic
bildungsroman and a frighteningly intelligent contemporary take on the
ambitions and limits of storytelling and faith. It's a glass-and-steel
penthouse on a foundation of oak, and the most memorable first novel
I've read in some time."--Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of " A Sense of Direction"
For "What Happened to Sophie Wilder"
"Beha's writing is clean, unpretentious, and commanding in its seeming simplicity. He knits Charlie and Sophie's stories together in a seamless intricate weave, offering an exploration of just how powerful stories can be."--"Foreword Reviews"
"Beha's debut novel (after the memoir "The Whole Five Feet") is a thoughtful journey about the place of intellectual curiosity in relation to faith, friendship, and love."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is an old fashioned literary novel in
the very best sense--thoughtful and intellectual, moving and
well-wrought. Like its restless, yearning characters, it's not afraid
of the big questions, God and love, work and love, friendship and
love, and yet the solace this impressive debut finds lies as deeply in
the page as in the flesh or the spirit. Beha has managed to produce a
book that is satisfying for anyone who reads in order to live."
--Helen Schulman, author of "This Beautiful Life"
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is an imperishable gift of
storytelling, a novel built sturdily of wisdom, beauty, and love.
Christopher R. Beha writes with Jamesian sophistication about the
enduring enigma of our inner lives, and the result is a title
character who will dwell in you always." --William Giraldi, author of "Busy Monsters"
"Christopher R Beha's "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" manages, somehow,
to read both like an auspicious debut and a veteran achievement: it
offers at once the vivid, old-fashioned pleasures of a classic
bildungsroman and a frighteningly intelligent contemporary take on the
ambitions and limits of storytelling and faith. It's a glass-and-steel
penthouse on a foundation of oak, and the most memorable first novel
I've read in some time."--Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of " A Sense of Direction"
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is about many things--the New York publishing world, the growing pains of post collegiate life, the rigors of Roman Catholicism--but at its center its a moving meditation on why and for whom we write." --"New York Times Book Review"
"In this smart short novel "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" by Christopher R. Beha, a young writer deals with the reappearance and disappearance of the woman he sometimes loved." --"Oprah Magazine"
"Christopher R. Beha's beautiful, whip-smart first novel . . . is sober, unsentimental and delivered with intelligence and passion." --"Washington Post"
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is a remarkable first novel, which should especially be read by those who have given up on contemporary literature. Along with giving them something good to read, it will renew their faith in what literature is capable of achieving." --"Commentary"
"[T]his novel is excitingly alert . . . to the ways we understand life in terms of stories, in particular the stories we tell about other people - whether to keep them at a safe distance or to bring them closer to us. More, it's alert to our alertness of this. The story Beha tells about Charlie and Sophie is a convincing contemporary love story, not in spite of its sometimes dizzying self-awareness but, in large part, because of it."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Christopher Beha's "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is a wonderful novel--smart, sly and lucid, a story about belief in all its forms that is wholly satisfying and quietly thrilling."
--Jess Walter, author of "Beautiful Ruins"
"Beha's writing is clean, unpretentious, and commanding in its seeming simplicity. He knits Chralie and Sophie's stories together in a seamless, intricate weave, offering an exploration of just how powerful stories can be." --"Foreword Magazine"
"A crisis of faith is key to the disappearance of a young woman in Christopher Beha's "What Happened to Soph
"Minneapolis Star Tribune" names "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" one of the Top Ten Books of the Year.
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is about many things--the New York publishing world, the growing pains of post collegiate life, the rigors of Roman Catholicism--but at its center its a moving meditation on why and for whom we write." --"New York Times Book Review"
"In this smart short novel "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" by Christopher R. Beha, a young writer deals with the reappearance and disappearance of the woman he sometimes loved." --"Oprah Magazine"
"Christopher R. Beha's beautiful, whip-smart first novel . . . is sober, unsentimental and delivered with intelligence and passion." --"Washington Post"
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is a remarkable first novel, which should especially be read by those who have given up on contemporary literature. Along with giving them something good to read, it will renew their faith in what literature is capable of achieving." --"Commentary"
""If What Happened to Sophie Wilder" was what it appears to be on first glance -- a simple story about a lovesick writer and his mysterious on-again, off-again girlfriend -- I would not be writing this review. But there is far more to it than that. Enough, perhaps, to make it the best fiction I've read all year."--"Journal Star"
"[T]his novel is excitingly alert . . . to the ways we understand life in terms of stories, in particular the stories we tell about other people - whether to keep them at a safe distance or to bring them closer to us. More, it's alert to our alertness of this. The story Beha tells about Charlie and Sophie is a convincing contemporary love story, not in spite of its sometimes dizzying self-awareness but, in large part, because of it."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"'"What Happened to Sophie Wilder," the first novel by Christopher R. Beha, deserves to be placed in the company of great Catholic fiction by Walker P
*"Minneapolis Star Tribune" names "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" one of the Top Ten Books of the Year
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is about many thingsthe New York publishing world, the growing pains of post collegiate life, the rigors of Roman Catholicismbut at its center its a moving meditation on why and for whom we write." "New York Times Book Review"
"In this smart short novel "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" by Christopher R. Beha, a young writer deals with the reappearance and disappearance of the woman he sometimes loved." "Oprah Magazine"
"Christopher R. Beha's beautiful, whip-smart first novel . . . is sober, unsentimental and delivered with intelligence and passion." "Washington Post"
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is a remarkable first novel, which should especially be read by those who have given up on contemporary literature. Along with giving them something good to read, it will renew their faith in what literature is capable of achieving." "Commentary"
""If What Happened to Sophie Wilder" was what it appears to be on first glance -- a simple story about a lovesick writer and his mysterious on-again, off-again girlfriend -- I would not be writing this review. But there is far more to it than that. Enough, perhaps, to make it the best fiction I've read all year.""Journal Star"
[T]his novel is excitingly alert . . . to the ways we understand life in terms of stories, in particular the stories we tell about other people - whether to keep them at a safe distance or to bring them closer to us. More, it's alert to our alertness of this. The story Beha tells about Charlie and Sophie is a convincing contemporary love story, not in spite of its sometimes dizzying self-awareness but, in large part, because of it. "San Francisco Chronicle"
'"What Happened to Sophie Wilder," the first novel by Christopher R. Beha, deserves to be placed in the company of great Catholic fiction by Walker Percy, Graham Greene, Heinrich Boll, Evelyn Waugh, Flannery O Connor and Andre Dubus." San Francisco Catholic
"Christopher Beha's "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is a wonderful novelsmart, sly and lucid, a story about belief in all its forms that is wholly satisfying and quietly thrilling."
Jess Walter, author of "Beautiful Ruins"
"Beha's writing is clean, unpretentious, and commanding in its seeming simplicity. He knits Chralie and Sophie's stories together in a seamless, intricate weave, offering an exploration of just how powerful stories can be." "Foreword Magazine"
"A crisis of faith is key to the disappearance of a young woman in Christopher Beha s "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" (Tin House), which deftly renders the competing impulsescreative, intellectual, emotionalof young writers in New York.""Vogue"
Christopher Beha's short but intricately constructed first novel tells the story of two young writers struggling to discover their personal and professional identities, but it's not another excursion through the world of New York's literati. Instead, "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is a somber character study focused on the problem of human suffering, the nature of religious belief and the acceptance of moral responsibility."Shelf Awareness"
"Beha s debut novel (after the memoir "The Whole Five Feet") is a thoughtful journey about the place of intellectual curiosity in relation to faith, friendship, and love.""Publishers Weekly"
"Complex in structure, plot, and characterization, this promising debut will appeal to fans of literary fiction and the literary scene.""Booklist"
"Christopher R Beha's "What Happened to Sophie Wilder" manages, somehow,
to read both like an auspicious debut and a veteran achievement: it
offers at once the vivid, old-fashioned pleasures of a classic
bildungsroman and a frighteningly intelligent contemporary take on the
ambitions and limits of storytelling and faith. It's a glass-and-steel
penthouse on a foundation of oak, and the most memorable first novel
I've read in some time."Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of "A Sense of Direction"
"What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is an old fashioned literary novel in
the very best sense--thoughtful and intellectual, moving and
well-wrought. Like its restless, yearning characters, it's not afraid
of the big questions, God and love, work and love, friendship and
love, and yet the solace this impressive debut finds lies as deeply in
the page as in the flesh or the spirit. Beha has managed to produce a
book that is satisfying for anyone who reads in order to live."
Helen Schulman, author of "This Beautiful Life"
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is an imperishable gift of
storytelling, a novel built sturdily of wisdom, beauty, and love.
Christopher R. Beha writes with Jamesian sophistication about the
enduring enigma of our inner lives, and the result is a title
character who will dwell in you always." William Giraldi, author of "Busy Monsters"
"It takes courage to write a book placing sincere religious feelings at the very center of contemporary young, urban life. Chris Beha--a writer mature beyond his years--has done just that in "What Happened to Sophie Wilder," a modern fable of faith and doubt, ambition and love, written with tender sentiment and striking moral intelligence. Open this book and you'll find the grain of our talk and the soul of our thought rendered at once exotic and utterly recognizable.Jon Raymond, author of "Rain Dragon"
""What Happened to Sophie Wilder" is subtle, surprising and, finally, urgent.... Expect it to vibrate in your breastbone." "Cleveland Plain Dealer"
"[Beha] crafts a suspenseful story full of twists and turns at the same time that he offers believers a way of moving beyond seeing fait as 'an embarrassment to their own reason and intelligence.'" "Rain Taxi"
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Charlie Blakeman, an aspiring novelist, reunites with his old college girlfriend, Sophie Wilder, who fills him in on the intervening 10 years she spent caring for a dying man and making a difficult choice before abruptly disappearing again. Original.
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