Synopses & Reviews
A powerful literary classic from one of contemporary fiction's most acclaimed and important writers, Russell Banks's
Continental Drift is a masterful novel of hope lost and gained, and a gripping, indelible story of fragile lives uprooted and transformed by injustice, disappointment, and the seductions and realities of the American dream.
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"An excellent novel....[A]n extremely skillful book, both in its writing, which is impeccable, and in the way it unfolds...Always, Banks writes with tremendous knowledge, convictions, and authenticity." Chicago Tribune
Review:
"Tremendously ambitious....A powerful, disturbing study in moral 'drift,' confusion, and uncertainty." San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle
About the Author
Russell Banks is the founding president of Cities of Refuge North America and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous international prizes and awards. He lives in upstate New York and is the New York State Author.
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