The Changeling
The Changeling One man s thrilling journey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after seemingly committing an unforgiveable act of violence, from the award winning author of the The Devil
One man s thrilling journey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after seemingly committing an unforgiveable act of violence, from the award winning author of the The Devil in Silver and Big Machine.Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is jusOne man s thrilling journey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after seemingly committing an unforgiveable act of violence, from the award winning author of the The Devil in Silver and Big Machine.Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post partum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles go far beyond that Before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act beyond any parent s comprehension and vanishes, seemingly into thin air Thus begins Apollo s odyssey through a world he only thought he understood to find a wife and child who are nothing like he d imagined His quest begins when he meets a mysterious stranger who claims to have information about Emma s whereabouts Apollo then begins a journey that takes him to a forgotten island in the East River of New York City, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest in Queens where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever This dizzying tale is ultimately a story about family and the unfathomable secrets of the people we love.
The Changeling ↔ Victor LaValle
Victor LaValle
About Author
Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, four novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, and The Changeling and two novellas, Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom He is also the creator and writer of a comic book Victor LaValle s DESTROYER.He has been the recipient of numerous awards including a Whiting Writers Award, a United States Artists Ford Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Shirley Jackson Award, an American Book Award, and the key to Southeast Queens.He was raised in Queens, New York He now lives in Washington Heights with his wife and kids He teaches at Columbia University.He can be kind of hard to reach, but he still loves you.
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