Andrew Sean Greer

October 6, 2012. 11am-5pm Off The Beaten Path is Proud to be The Official Bookseller for Literary Sojourn Literary Sojourn is an annual festival of authors and readers celebrating the power of the book. Each fall, an esteemed slate of authors and 500 book lovers from all over the country gather in Steamboat Springs, Colorado at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort. Together they revel in the written word, fueled by award-winning writers who share the stories and inspiration behind their exceptional books. Tickets sell (out!) really fast! Contact the Bud Werner Memorial Library to join the mailing list... Off The Beaten Path carries the works of past and future Literary Sojourn authors year-round, both in store and online. Buy Books From Off the Beaten Path & Support Literary Sojourn Why buy from Off the Beaten Path? A portion of the proceeds from all sales of current Literary Sojourn authors’ books are donated to this non-profit event. Book sales through the Literary Sojourn official bookseller are an important factor in a publisher’s decision to support an author’s participation at the Sojourn. Your purchase from Off the Beaten Path ensures that Literary Sojourn will continue to thrive with the brilliant authors and compelling reads you’ve come to expect. This year, we are proud to host Tom Perrotta, Kathryn Harrison, Hillary Jordan, Jonathan Lethem, and Laura Lippman, as well as Master of Ceremonies Andrew Sean Greer! 2012 Literary Sojourn Master of Ceremonies Mr. Greer is returning to Steamboat as Master of Ceremonies for Literary Sojourn after winning the PEN O'Henry short story prize among many other prestigious awards. He is the author of the bestselling The Story of Marriage, as well as The Confessions of Max Tivoli, The Path of Minor Planets, and a collection of short stories, How It Was for Me. He has been published and anthologized nationally and internationally and is currently the writer in residence in Aspen, Colorado. A list of his other works and various awards is available here. The Story of Marriage The Confessions of Max Tivoli The Path of Minor Planets How It Was for Me 2012 Literary Sojourn Authors Tom Perrotta Perrotta is a bestselling author who studied writing under Thomas Berger and Tobias Wolff before teaching creative writing at Yale and Harvard. The New York Times Book Review calls him “An American Chekhov whose characters, even at their most ridiculous, seem blessed and ennobled by a luminous human aura." His most recent book, The Leftovers, is set after the rapture in a small New Jersey suburb as families left behind are muddling through their lives. Stephen King calls it “the best Twilight Zone episode you never saw…" Also available on his website are a myriad of articles he's written for various magazines and publications. Give these a read before seeing him at Literary Sojourn! The Leftovers The Abstinence Teacher Little Children Joe College Election The Wishbones Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies Hillary Jordan When Jordan writes, she undertakes controversial issues and presents them to readers in compelling storylines. Her first book, Mudbound, deals with racism and prejudice in the 1940s Mississippi Delta. The book won the Bellweather Prize in 2006 and was hailed by Stewart O'Nan as a "...page turner - a tangle of history, tragedy and romance powered by guilt, moral indignation, and a near chorus of unstoppable voices." When she woke is Jordan's newest book, an amazing blend of The Scarlet Letter and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Dealing with a futuristic society in which criminals have their skin pigmented to reflect the nature of their crimes, Jordan gives a fresh face to a controversial issue. The New York Times called the book "...a feverishly conceived dystopia..." Keep abreast of Hillary's activities and newest books at her website. Kathryn Harrison Harrison is the author of seven novels, three memoirs, a biography of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a story of true crime and a collection of essays. Her New York Times bestselling memoir The Kiss, is a story of taboo and family complicity in breaking taboo during the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman’s life. Her work appears in publications including the New York Times Book Review, New Yorker, Harper’s, Vogue, O! The Oprah Magazine and More. Kathryn Harrison’s new novel is Enchantments, a mesmerizing tale of historical fiction that recalls the fall of Russia’s legendary dynasty, the Romanov Empire, as seen through the eyes of Rasputin’s daughter. Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan calls the story “sumptuous…a kaleidoscope breadth of historical detail with the sensuous, transporting prose that is Kathryn Harrison’s trademark.” Enchantments While they slept Envy The Mother Knot: A Memoir The road to Santiago Saint Therese of Lisieux (Out of Print New; available Used) Seeking rapture The Seal Wife The Binding Chair The Kiss: A Memoir Poison Exposure Thicker Than Water Laura Lippman Laura Lippman has been hailed by the Washington Post as "...one of the best novelists around, period." She writes the widely recognized Tess Monaghan series, which is set in her native Baltimore, as well as several stand alone novels, most recently The Girl in the Green Raincoat and The Most Dangerous Thing. Starting her career as a journalist, she wrote for the Baltimore Sun after graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and churned out seven of her Tess Monaghan novels while still writing daily journalism. Learn more about Laura at her official website. Tess Monaghan Series Baltimore Blues Charm City Butchers Hill In Big Trouble The Sugar House In a Strange City The Last Place By a Spider's Thread No Good Deeds Another Thing to Fall The Girl in the Green Raincoat Every Secret Thing To the Power of Three What the Dead Know Hardly knew her (A short story anthology) Life Sentences I'd Know You Anywhere The Most Dangerous Thing Johnathan Lethem Lethem is a nationally acclaimed author, having won the Nebula Award as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award for his writing. His social commentaries cover a broad range of topics from cinema, drugs, cyberculture, and book touring, among many other subjects. He is noted by the LA Times as "...one of our most perceptive cultural critics...his insights buffeted by his descriptive imagination." Lethem's 19 book canon includes genre-mixed books like Gun, with Occasional Music, Motherless Brooklyn, Fortress of solitude, and Chronic City. His most recent book, The Ecstasy of Influence is a collection of nonfiction essays described on his website as "a cornucopia of remarks on art, plagiarism, used bookstores, James Brown, Nathanael West, Norman Mailer, graffiti, Donald Sutherland's buttocks, the difference between White Elephants and Termites, why superhero movies are no genre at all, and the problem of being a novelist in the 21st century." Gun, with Occasional Music Poor George The Vintage Book of Amnesia The wall of the sky, the wall of the eye Amnesia moon Girl in Landscape As She Climbed Across the Table Talking Heads' Fear of Music Men and cartoons Fortess of Solitude Chronic City Motherless Brooklyn The Ecstasy of Influence For more books Lethem has collaborated on, click here. 2010 Literary Sojourn Authors Wally Lamb Chris Cleave Lori Lansens Frank Delaney Chitra Banerj Divakaruni Dan Chaon 2011 Literary Sojourn Authors Paula McClain Julie Orringer Jennifer Egan Peter Matthiessen Jim Shepard Julia Glass

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Andrew Sean Greer reads from The Story of a Marriage.

"We think we know the ones we love." So Pearlie Cook begins her indirect and devastating exploration of the mystery in the heart of every relationship, how we can ever truly know another person. It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset district of San Francisco, caring not only for her husband’s fragile health but also for her son who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep and everything changes. All the certainties by which Pearlie has lived are thrown into doubt. Does she know her husband at all? And what does the stranger want in return for his offer of $100,000? THE STORY OF A MARRIAGE has been one of our favorite book group choices this year: a great read and a phenomenal discussion, how can you can go wrong? We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Andrew Sean Greer back to Rakestraw Books. Please join us (and bring your book group!). (Rakestraw)… (more)

Andrew Sean Greer , The Story of a Marriage.

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Next Meeting: Thursday, 11/20 at 7pm in Rhinebeck Please join us for a meeting of the Oblong Book Group! Our book group will be held on the third Thursday of each month at 7pm in our Rhinebeck store.

At our November meeting, we will discuss The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer.

Our book group is open to everyone. All members will receive 25% off all book group selections. For more information, you can email Tracy or give her a call: (845) 876-0500.
Read an excerpt of The Story of a Marriage!

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Andrew Sean Greer reads from the story of marriage and other titles.

Literary Sojourn is an annual gathering of authors and book lovers set in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Each year, 500 readers from all over the country gather in Steamboat Springs to meet the creators of their favorite books and to celebrate, first and foremost, the joy and inspiration of books and reading. (howelson)… (more)

ANDREW SEAN GREER reads from The Story of a Marriage.

ANDREW SEAN GREER
reading & booksigning for "The Story of a Marriage"
Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 pm

As he demonstrated in "The Confessions of Max Tivoli," Andrew Sean Greer can spin a touching narrative based on an intriguing premise. His new book - set in San Francisco in the early 1950’s - is "The Story of a Marriage." “This is a haunting book of breathtaking beauty and restraint. Greer’s tone-perfect prose conjures an unforgettable woman who exists both within and somehow above the stifling class, racial and sexual constraints of 1950s America.” - Dave Eggers

Andrew Sean Greer is the acclaimed, best-selling author of "The Confessions of Max Tivoli," the story collection "How It Was for Me," and the novel "The Path of Minor Planets." He lives in San Francisco, California – not far from The Booksmith.

This Booksmith sponsored event will take place at The Booksmith (1644 Haight Street in San Francisco). For further information, call 415-863-8688 or visit www.booksmith.com If you can't attend this event and would like to order a signed copy of the author's new book, please email or phone our store. (Booksmith_in_SF)… (more)

Andrew Sean Greer , The Story of a Marriage.

In conversation with Barbara Lane, JCCSF Director of Lectures & Literature

John Updike compared Andrew Sean Greer's second novel, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, to Proust and Nabokov in The New Yorker, and he was received the New York Public Library Young Lions Award for writers under 35. Michael Chabon calls Greer's new novel, about love and war and set in San Francisco's Sunset district in the 1950s, a narrative tour de force that confirms him as on (booksense)… (more)