The Book of Lost Light - Paperback

by Ron Nyren (Author)

Joseph Kylander's childhood in early 20th century San Francisco has been shaped by his widowed father's obsessive photographic project and by his headstrong cousin Karelia's fanciful storytelling and impulsive acts. The 1906 earthquake upends their eccentric routines, and they take refuge with a capricious patron and a group of artists looking to find meaning after the disaster. THE BOOK OF LOST LIGHT explores family loyalty and betrayal, Finnish folklore, the nature of time and theater, and what it takes to recover from calamity and build a new life from the ashes.

Author Biography

Ron Nyren's fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, The Missouri Review, The North American Review, Glimmer Train Stories, Mississippi Review, Wigleaf, and 100 Word Story, and his stories have been shortlisted for the O. Henry Award and the Pushcart Prize. He is the co-author (with Sarah Stone) of Deepening Fiction: A Practical Guide for Intermediate and Advanced Writers. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he is an instructor in fiction writing for Stanford Continuing Studies. He received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan.