A Marker to Measure Drift

Maksik, Alexander

ISBN 10: 0345803868 / ISBN 13: 9780345803863

Published by Vintage Books, 2014

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221 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Marker to Measure Drift
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345803868
• ISBN 13: 9780345803863
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.3 kilograms

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Synopsis

Now The Major Motion Picture DRIFT Starring Cynthia Erivo and Alia Shawkat - A New York Times Notable Book - Hypnotic in its depiction of physical and spiritual hungers, this is a novel about ruin, faith, and the devastating memories that can destroy and redeem us.

"Immensely powerful. . . . Beautifully written. . . . Jacqueline is a mesmerizing heroine." --The Boston Globe

In the aftermath of Charles Taylor's fallen regime, a young Liberian woman named Jacqueline has fled to the Aegean island of Santorini. She lives in a cave accessible only at low tide. During the day, she offers massages to tourists, battling her hunger one or two euros at a time. Her pressing physical needs provide a deeper relief, obliterating her memories of unspeakable violence. But slowly, the specters of her former life resurface: her adoring younger sister; her unshakably proper mother; her father, who believed in his president; her journalist lover, who knew that Taylor would be overthrown. Now Jacqueline must face the ghosts that haunt her--or tip into full-blown madness.

About the Author

Alexander Maksik is the author of the novels You Deserve Nothing and A Marker to Measure Drift. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Best American Nonrequired Reading, Harper's, Tin House, Harvard Review, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Condé Nast Traveler, Salon and Narrative, among other publications, and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is the recipient of fellowships from the Truman Capote Literary Trust and The Corporation of Yaddo. He lives in New York City.