Harrow (novel)

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Harrow
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First edition
Author Joy Williams
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction, Fantasy
Publisher Knopf
Publication date
September 14, 2021
Publication place United States
Media typePrint
ISBN 9780525657569

Harrow is a science-fiction fantasy novel by Joy Williams, published September 14, 2021 by Knopf Publishing Group.

Reception

Harrow received starred reviews from Kirkus Books , [1] Booklist, [2] and Publishers Weekly , [3] as well as positive reviews from the Los Angeles Review of Books , [4] Los Angeles Times , [5] New York Review of Books, [6] Wall Street Journal, [7] New Yorker, [8] Star Tribune , [9] Atlantic, [10] Chicago Review of Books, [11] ZYZZYVA , [12] and A.V. Club. [13] The book received a mixed review from TheWashington Post [14] and The New York Times. [15]

Accolades for Harrow
YearAccoladeResultRef.
2021 Kirkus Prize Winner [16]
Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of 2021Selection [1]
2022PEN/Jean Stein Book AwardLonglist [17]

References

  1. 1 2 "Harrow". Kirkus Reviews. June 16, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. Seaman, Donna (July 2021). "Harrow". Booklist. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  3. "Fiction Book Review: Harrow by Joy Williams. Knopf, $26 (224p) ISBN 978-0-525-65756-9". PublishersWeekly.com. 2021-05-05. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. Goldstein, Sam Jaffe (2021-11-22). "A Millennial's Purgatory: On Joy Williams's "Harrow"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  5. "Review: Joy Williams' first novel in decades is an astonishing end-times parable". Los Angeles Times. 2021-09-07. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  6. Rich, Nathaniel. "Exhilarating Antihumanism". ISSN   0028-7504. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  7. Sacks, Sam (2021-09-10). "Fiction: Joy Williams's 'Harrow' Review". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  8. Waldman, Katy (2021-09-20). "Joy Williams Does Not Write for Humanity". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  9. Akins, Ellen (September 10, 2021). "Review: 'Harrow,' by Joy Williams". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  10. Domestico, Anthony (2021-09-12). "The Prophet of Nothingness". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  11. Williams, Kyle Francis (2021-09-16). "Ecological Ruin and Postmodernism in "Harrow"". Chicago Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  12. Ravas, Zack (2021-12-01). "'Harrow' by Joy Williams: Book of Revelations". ZYZZYVA. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  13. Adamczyk, Laura (2021-09-15). "Joy Williams' Harrow is a strange, comic novel for the end of the world". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  14. Patrick, Bethanne (2021-09-23). "Review | The post-apocalyptic world of Joy Williams's 'Harrow' reads like a cautionary tale". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  15. Garner, Dwight (2021-09-06). "After a Cataclysm, the Nature Lovers in 'Harrow' Struggle to Stay Sane". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  16. "2021 Winners". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  17. "Announcing the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists". PEN America. 2021-12-15. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2021-12-21.