'Marvelous: exceptionally vivid, real, and true' - Colm Tóibín, author of Long Island 'A novel that is fundamentally about the beauty of life' - Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam 'A fierce beautiful novel' - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater A medical crisis brings one man close to death - and to love, art, and beauty - in a profound and luminous novel by award-winning author Garth Greenwell. A poet's life is turned inside out by a sudden, wrenching pain. The pain brings him to his knees, and eventually to the ICU. Confined to bed, plunged into the dysfunctional American healthcare system, he struggles to understand what is happening to his body, as someone who has lived for many years in his mind. This is a searching, sweeping novel set at the furthest edges of human experience, where the forces that give life value - art, memory, poetry, music, care - are thrown into sharp relief. Time expands and contracts. Sudden intimacies bloom. Small Rain surges beyond the hospital to encompass a radiant vision of human life: our shared vulnerability, the limits and possibilities of sympathy, the ideal of art and the fragile dream of America. Above all, this is a love story of the most unexpected kind. 'A classic, a dawn serenade, a little miracle of exigent joy. I'll be rereading it the rest of my life.' - Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr!
Garth Greenwell
Garth Greenwell is an American writer known for his introspective and lyrical prose. His debut novel, "What Belongs to You," received critical acclaim and was named a finalist for the 2016 PEN/Faulkner Award. Greenwell's work often explores themes of desire, intimacy, and identity, drawing on his own experiences as a gay man. His writing is characterized by its intense emotional depth and keen attention to language. Greenwell's contributions to literature include shedding light on the complexities of queer relationships and the human experience. "What Belongs to You" is considered his most famous work, earning him a place among the most influential contemporary writers in LGBTQ literature.
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