If the headlines are to be believed, 2019 was a year of bold names in books. Literature's most impressive heavyweights…
sequel, but it feels a bit rushed out of the success of the 2017 Oscar-winning film. Elio and Oliver take a back seat, in fact, in the novel’s opening to Elio’s father, Samuel, who gets his own love story — albeit one that lacks the erotic passion of. When our heroes finally take center stage, the book improves, though still not measuring up to the original.may be racking up awards, but its twisty structure has split readers.
I’d argue yes. The book offers its surface pleasures: an evocative portrait of adolescence to start, a mournful meditation on memory and friendships to follow. Its late #MeToo turn seems a bit tacked on, but its provocations feel right for a 2019 book about adults, students, and power; a bit of righteous rage coursing through a story in which its author wields gonzo confidence. She offers something to argue about, complex and prescient. That’s worth treasuring.
Just ask Etaf Rum or Delia Owens or Lara Prescott. There’s a good chance you still haven’t heard of any of these first-time novelists . But each received huge platforms after being selected for celeb-led book clubs, and ascended to national best-seller status — a rarity for debut literary fiction. They affirmed to publishers and booksellers around the country that there’s still good reason to invest in the untested and the unknown.
Moguls like Reese Witherspoon and Oprah Winfrey have been doing this for years. But Witherspoon proved her influence over sales like never before with Owens’, a swampy Southern mystery, technically released last year. The book had been on shelves for weeks to little fanfare before Witherspoon’s promotion — oh, the power of her cozy bookish selfies! — made it this year’s No. 1 best-selling fiction title.
. She’s sending a clear message to publishers: Want to get your books in front of millions of people? Look to fresh, new voices.
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