![]() ![]() Where: Warren County Community College, 475 Route 57, Washington, N.J. The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you cant have one without the other: First Edition of The House of Sand and Fog Inscribed by. Who: Author of bestselling novel “House of Sand and Fog” “I’m starting to trust that feeling more.” Join Gift Member Login Library Patron Login SUBSCRIBE TO OUR. “Most days after writing, I feel mediocre, insecure, stupid and wrong,” he says. Andre Dubus III is the author of Gone So Long, Dirty Love, The Garden of Last Days, House of Sand and Fog (a 1 New York Times bestseller, Oprah’s Book Club pick, and finalist for the National Book Award), and Townie, winner of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. Read free book excerpt from House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III, page 1 of 7. “Every once in awhile, you’ll reach a place where it feels true.” “What really excites me about writing is that I don’t know where the hell it’s going,” he says. “Frankly, it’s autobiographical as hell.”ĭubus refers to the creative process as a mysterious one that requires creating something from nothing. “A lot of drugs and rock ‘n’ roll and sex,” says Dubus. Dubus's novel, House of Sand and Fog (1999), was a finalist for the National Book Award and was adapted for an Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. On Friday, Dubus will read a nonfiction piece about a female soldier who returned to the United States from Iraq, as well as an excerpt from a new novel which he will only say is set in the ’70s amid the backdrop of Watergate and Nixon. His first published short story, 'Forky,' was published by Playboy when Dubus was 23. 'Elegant and powerful.an unusual and volatile.literary thriller.' -'Washington Post Book World' In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three fragile yet determined people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Casting has begun and shooting starts in two weeks, says Dubus, who claims he’s been given more input than most writers. He speculated its success stems from the fact that everyone identifies with the search for a home.ĭubus’ first novel, “Bluesman,” is also in the process of being made into a movie. He says the book has sold more than 2 million copies. Andre Dubus III is the author of Gone So Long, Dirty Love, The Garden of Last Days, House of Sand and Fog (a 1 New York Times bestseller, Oprahs Book Club pick, and finalist for the National Book Award), and Townie, winner of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. But “House of Sand and Fog” became an independent bestseller at 160,000 copies before it was “Oprahfied” - “a huge boost and very gratifying,” says Dubus. Later, Dubus started teaching.ĭubus’ first two books, “The Cage Keeper” and “Other Stories and Bluesman,” combined sold 4,000 copies, he says. His father always introduced him as a writer even when his son was working odd night jobs - carpenter, bartender, bounty hunter, private investigator - so he could spend his mornings writing. On a road crew in California, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force under the Shah yearns to restore his familys dignity. Dubus says it was tough having a famous writer father. ![]()
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