Publisher Description

A novel told in short stories, The Affliction is an astounding fiction debut by an award-winning poet full of memorable characters across America and the Caribbean. Young beautifully weaves together the elaborate stories of many while holding together a clear focus: people are not always as they seem.

Author Biography

C. DALE YOUNG practices medicine and teaches in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. The author of four poetry collections, most recently The Halo (Four Way Books 2016), this is his first novel. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation. He lives in San Francisco.

Review

"A heartfelt and well-crafted work."-- "Library Journal" (1/1/2018 12:00:00 AM)

Review Quote

"...Capturing a community, these linked stories open with 'The Affliction,' which details Javier Castillo's astonishing ability to disappear and reappear at will....of course being invisible, like so many people in marginalized communities, is as disquieting as being among the 'disappeared' of Latin American history....A heartfelt and well-crafted work."

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