In-Store: Lidia Yuknavitch: Thrust w/ Maris Kreizman

Fri Jul 08 2022 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

Books Are Magic | Brooklyn

Books Are Magic
Publisher/HostBooks Are Magic
In-Store: Lidia Yuknavitch: Thrust w\/ Maris Kreizman
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“Blistering and visionary . . . This is the author’s best yet.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
About this Event

Event guidelines:

  • All guests must be vaccinated to attend, and must provide proof of vaccination in order to enter event.
  • All attendees must wear a face mask at all times.
  • Tickets are limited to restrict capacity at our store, and each ticket will include either a copy of the featured book or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card.
  • Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
  • A signing will follow the talk.
  • Home address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.
  • The event will also be broadcast on YouTube:
  • As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.

If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact [email protected].


As rising waters—and an encroaching police state—endanger her life and family, a girl with the gifts of a "carrier" travels through water and time to rescue vulnerable figures from the margins of history.

Lidia Yuknavitch has an unmatched gift for capturing stories of people on the margins—vulnerable humans leading lives of challenge and transcendence. Now, Yuknavitch offers an imaginative masterpiece: the story of Laisvė, a motherless girl from the late 21st century who is learning her power as a carrier, a person who can harness the power of meaningful objects to carry her through time. Sifting through the detritus of a fallen city known as the Brook, she discovers a talisman that will mysteriously connect her with a series of characters from the past two centuries: a French sculptor; a woman of the American underworld; a dictator's daughter; an accused murderer; and a squad of laborers at work on a national monument. Through intricately braided storylines, Laisvė must dodge enforcement raids and find her way to the present day, and then, finally, to the early days of her imperfect country, to forge a connection that might save their lives--and their shared dream of freedom.

A dazzling novel of body, spirit, and survival, Thrust will leave no reader unchanged.


Lidia Yuknavitch is the nationally bestselling author of the novels The Book of Joan, The Small Backs of Children, and Dora: A Headcase, the story collection Verge, and the memoir The Chronology of Water. She is the recipient of two Oregon Book Awards and has been a finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and the PEN Center USA Creative Nonfiction Award. She lives in Portland, Oregon.


Maris Kreizman is the host of The Maris Review, an intimate weekly literary podcast produced by Lit Hub. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, the LA Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Vanity Fair, the New Republic, Publishers Weekly, and more.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Books Are Magic, 225 Smith Street, Brooklyn, United States

Tickets

USD 10.00 to USD 28.00

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