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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2014-02-25
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780670786107
- Book Title
- Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 7.7 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Occult & Supernatural, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / Supernatural, Literary
- Item Weight
- 7.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670786101
ISBN-13
9780670786107
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167866936
Product Key Features
Book Title
Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Occult & Supernatural, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / Supernatural, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5 in
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Trade
LCCN
2013-035043
Reviews
Praise for Adrianne Harun and A MAN CAME OUT OF A DOOR IN THE MOUNTAIN "In mesmerizing prose, debut novelist Harun spins a chilling tale shot through with both aching realism and age-old folktales, melding them together to capture a landscape lush with possibility and imagination and terrifying in its vast emptiness." - Booklist , starred review "Through a complex narrative structure, Harun manages to invest all of her action-slow as it sometimes is-with an aura of myth and folk legend that raises it above the lurid and sensational." Kirkus Reviews "Harun's mastery clearly lies in establishing atmosphere and mood. Much as it does to the novel's characters, the gothic ambiance wraps around the reader and won't let go. Laced with local color, this debut will please fans of the macabre." - Library Journal "Harun creates a masterfully bleak and spooky mood, and succinctly captures the desperation of the young people's lives …[a] promising debut ." Publishers Weekly "Mythical, magical, and chillingly real." -Jess Walter, New York Times bestselling author of We Live in Water "I have long been a fan of Adrianne Harun''s work, and A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain has raised my admiration to new heights. Writing with astonishing vividness, Harun weaves her own myths and magic as she plots her amazing tale."- - Margot Livesey, New York Times bestselling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy "Adrianne Harun''s dark, mysterious novel is by turns Gothic and grittily realistic, astute and poetic in its evocation of evil everywhere." -- Andrea Barrett, National Book Award winner and author of The Air We Breathe Praise for Adrianne Harun and The King of Limbo "[An] assured debut collection…offers tales of outsiders, idolates, the estranged, and the just plain strange. These uprooted lives read like dreamscapes spun from fierce realities, in prose radiating intelligence, panache, and wild humor." - O, The Oprah Magazine "A diverse collection…these stories success as quirky examples of how strange the world looks to people who are not at home in it." - The New York Times Book Review "A most impressive debut…These stories sparkle like expertly cut gems." - Denver Post ""A writer worth watching…Harun's greatest achievement is that each story comprises its own separate world." - The Chicago Tribune "A witty, sure-handed writer whose work shines with real originality." - The Baltimore Sun "Magical…Adrianne Harun possesses that rare ability to see the world at an odd tilt that makes everything appear new, at times even to shimmer." -Richard Russo "These are eloquent stories about restlessness and longing. In them Adrianne Harun manipulates darkness and light, humor and pathos, the familiar and the strange, managing to reveal the peculiarity at the heart of the commonplace and to transform the extraordinary into something inevitable and real." -Alice McDermott "In The King of Limbo and Other Stories , Adrianne Harun writes beautifully of the world we thought we knew, showing it to us from unexpected angles, and introduces us to her own unmistakable world. Her fierce, delightful stories are like now one else's. This is an enthralling collection." -Margot Livesey "Adrianne Harun's stories are elegant, funny, and well-designed." -Charles Baxter "These stories surprise at first, literary and wild, and then get funny, and then we read them for pleasure alone. We can properly expect things of Adrianne Harun." -Padgett Powell "Adrianne Harun's stories are elegant, mysterious and polished. They balance perfectly on the edge between ordinary life and dreams. Her landscapes are places you would love to visit, and her characters, be they hopeful, grieving, or disquieted, are rendered with great sympathy. The King of Limbo is a wonderful work of the imagination." -Jean Thompson, "An ingenious tale of myth, magic and murder….told in rich prose….[An] auspicious debut." -- Seattle Times "Hypnotic...tantalizing...lush and evocative...Literary and genre lovers alike can find a striking new voice to celebrate in A Man Came Out of A Door in the Mountain ." -- Kansas City Star " A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain is literary magic of the highest order …. It reads with the level care of a finely crafted story…but also with the fresh familiarity of a folksong….A spectacular read." -- The Vancouver Sun "Haunting [and] hypnotic." -- Seattle Magazine "In mesmerizing prose, debut novelist Harun spins a chilling tale shot through with both aching realism and age-old folktales, melding them together to capture a landscape lush with possibility and imagination and terrifying in its vast emptiness." -- Booklist , starred review "Intertwining with real-world pain and loss, this debut novel gains an extra sense of risk and realism, pitting ordinary, human evil against supernatural wickedness." -- The Globe and Mail "Much as it does to the novel's characters, the gothic ambiance wraps around the reader and won't let go." -- Library Journal "Harun creates a masterfully bleak and spooky mood, and succinctly captures the desperation of the young people's lives…[a] promising debut." -- Publishers Weekly "Through a complex narrative structure, Harun [invests] all of her action…with an aura of myth and folk legend." -- Kirkus Reviews " A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain is a rich, haunting, original novel that captures evil in many forms--mythic, magic and chillingly real. Adrianne Harun's writing can hold you breathless." --Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins "I have long been a fan of Adrianne Harun's work, and A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain has raised my admiration to new heights. Writing with astonishing vividness, Harun weaves her own myths and magic as she plots her amazing tale." --Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy "Adrianne Harun's dark, mysterious novel is by turns Gothic and grittily realistic, astute and poetic in its evocation of evil everywhere." --Andrea Barrett, author of Ship Fever, "Readers will be swept away by this breathless, absorbing novel…. A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain proves that Harun is heir apparent to Louise Erdrich and Harry Crews.... A mesmerizing incantation, harrowing and hypnotic." -- The New York Times Book Review "An ingenious tale of myth, magic and murder….told in rich prose….[An] auspicious debut." -- Seattle Times "Hypnotic...tantalizing...lush and evocative...Literary and genre lovers alike can find a striking new voice to celebrate in A Man Came Out of A Door in the Mountain ." -- Kansas City Star " A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain is literary magic of the highest order …. It reads with the level care of a finely crafted story…but also with the fresh familiarity of a folksong….A spectacular read." -- The Vancouver Sun "Haunting [and] hypnotic." -- Seattle Magazine "A dense and mythic coming-of-age allegory, equal parts fanciful and horrifying…Each of Harun's people is fleshed out with maximum sureness and poetry." -- Missoula Independent "In mesmerizing prose, debut novelist Harun spins a chilling tale shot through with both aching realism and age-old folktales, melding them together to capture a landscape lush with possibility and imagination and terrifying in its vast emptiness." -- Booklist , starred review "Intertwining with real-world pain and loss, this debut novel gains an extra sense of risk and realism, pitting ordinary, human evil against supernatural wickedness." -- The Globe and Mail "Much as it does to the novel's characters, the gothic ambiance wraps around the reader and won't let go." -- Library Journal "Harun creates a masterfully bleak and spooky mood, and succinctly captures the desperation of the young people's lives…[a] promising debut." -- Publishers Weekly "Through a complex narrative structure, Harun [invests] all of her action…with an aura of myth and folk legend." -- Kirkus Reviews " A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain is a rich, haunting, original novel that captures evil in many forms--mythic, magic and chillingly real. Adrianne Harun's writing can hold you breathless." --Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins "I have long been a fan of Adrianne Harun's work, and A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain has raised my admiration to new heights. Writing with astonishing vividness, Harun weaves her own myths and magic as she plots her amazing tale." --Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy "Adrianne Harun's dark, mysterious novel is by turns Gothic and grittily realistic, astute and poetic in its evocation of evil everywhere." --Andrea Barrett, author of Ship Fever, "An ingenious tale of myth, magic and murder….told in rich prose….[An] auspicious debut." -- Seattle Times " A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain is literary magic of the highest order …. It reads with the level care of a finely crafted story…but also with the fresh familiarity of a folksong….A spectacular read." -- The Vancouver Sun "Haunting [and] hypnotic." -- Seattle Magazine "In mesmerizing prose, debut novelist Harun spins a chilling tale shot through with both aching realism and age-old folktales, melding them together to capture a landscape lush with possibility and imagination and terrifying in its vast emptiness." -- Booklist , starred review "Intertwining with real-world pain and loss, this debut novel gains an extra sense of risk and realism, pitting ordinary, human evil against supernatural wickedness." -- The Globe and Mail "Much as it does to the novel's characters, the gothic ambiance wraps around the reader and won't let go." -- Library Journal "Harun creates a masterfully bleak and spooky mood, and succinctly captures the desperation of the young people's lives…[a] promising debut." -- Publishers Weekly "Through a complex narrative structure, Harun [invests] all of her action…with an aura of myth and folk legend." -- Kirkus Reviews " A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain is a rich, haunting, original novel that captures evil in many forms--mythic, magic and chillingly real. Adrianne Harun's writing can hold you breathless." --Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins "I have long been a fan of Adrianne Harun's work, and A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain has raised my admiration to new heights. Writing with astonishing vividness, Harun weaves her own myths and magic as she plots her amazing tale." --Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy "Adrianne Harun's dark, mysterious novel is by turns Gothic and grittily realistic, astute and poetic in its evocation of evil everywhere." --Andrea Barrett, author of Ship Fever
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Twelfth Grade
Synopsis
"Harun is heir apparent to Louise Erdrich and Harry Crews.... Readers will be swept away by this breathless, absorbing novel." --Claire Vaye Watkins, The New York Times Book Review In this mysterious and chilling novel , girls, mostly Native, are vanishing from the sides of a notorious highway in the isolated Pacific Northwest. Leo Kreutzer and his friends are barely touched by these disappearances--until a series of enigmatic strangers arrive in their remote mountain town, beguiling and bewitching them. It seems as if the devil himself has appeared among them. The intoxicatingly lush debut novel by the acclaimed author of The King of Limbo, A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain is an unsettling portrait of life in a dead-end town, as seductive and beautifully written as the devil's dark arts are wielded. WINNER OF THE 2015 PINCKLEY PRIZE FOR DEBUT CRIME NOVEL, In this mysterious and chilling novel, girls, mostly Native, are vanishing from the sides of a notorious highway in the isolated Pacific Northwest. Leo Kreutzer and his friends are barely touched by these disappearances - until a series of enigmatic strangers arrive in their remote mountain town, beguiling and bewitching them. It seems as if the devil himself has appeared among them. The intoxicatingly lush debut novel by the acclaimed author of The King of Limbo, A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain is an unsettling portrait of life in a dead-end town, as seductive and beautifully written as the devil's dark arts are wielded.
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