Imagine Me Gone

Imagine Me Gone is a 2016 novel by American author and novelist Adam Haslett. It concerns a couple, Margaret and John, who marry despite John's crippling depression, and is narrated by the couple and their three children.[1] The novel was short-listed for the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize, and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[2][3]

Imagine Me Gone
Hardcover edition
AuthorAdam Haslett
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
Publication date
3 May 2016
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages368
ISBN978-0-316-26135-7

Reception

The novel received positive reviews.[4] Critics particularly focused on the quality of Haslett's prose.[1][5] Lara Feigel, writing for The Guardian called his writing "finely adapted for each of the characters".[5] NPR's Heller McAlpin noted how, "Haslett's signature achievement in Imagine Me Gone is to temper the harrowing with the humorous while keeping a steady bead on the pathos."[1]

References

  1. McCalpin, Heller (4 May 2016). "Unquiet Minds Make Absorbing Reading In 'Imagine Me Gone'". NPR Books. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. "2016 National Book Awards". National Book Award. 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. Schaub, Michael (2017-04-13). "Adam Haslett, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, discusses 'Imagine Me Gone'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  4. "Book Marks reviews of Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett". Book Marks. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  5. Feigel, Lara (29 June 2016). "Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett review – tragedy, loss and transcendence". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2017.


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