David Bergen, Author . Simon & Schuster $23 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7432-2925-8
Bergen (A Year of Lesser) explores death, grief and guilt, and the interplay among them in this plaintive, deeply moving novel. Paul Unger, a prosperous middle-aged man living in a small town in Manitoba, wakes up one night to the news that his...
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David Bergen, Author . Random $23.95 (237p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6240-9
Ada Boatman and her father, Charles, cross borders in Canadian author Bergen's luminous fourth novel. As their surname suggests, the in-between approximates the watery space between life and death. The narrative alternates between Ada's and...
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David Bergen. Counterpoint (PGW, dist.), $15.95 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-1-58243-759-0
Morris Schutt is a 51-year-old, syndicated columnist who really wants to be Jewish, an obsession that his estranged wife dismisses as a "secret wish for tenderness and affection." Since his son's death in Afghanistan, Morris's life has been quickly...
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David Bergen. HarperCollins Canada, $27.99 (273p) ISBN 978-1-44341-138-7
Bergen, whose novel The Time in Between won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2005, returns with a character study of a young aspiring writer. Arthur Wohlgemuht believes he is destined for greatness but feels he can never achieve it in small-town...
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David Bergen, Author, Anna Fields, Read by , read by Anna Fields. Blackstone Audio $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7861-7732-5
Asking Ellen DeGeneres–sound-alike Anna Fields to narrate this haunting novel of a veteran who goes missing while revisiting Vietnam to make peace with the atrocities he witnessed and committed doesn't initially sound like an inspired idea.
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