| The Iguanas of Heat Contributor(s): Tarnawsky, Yuriy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1884097847 ISBN-13: 9781884097843 Publisher: Jef Books OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2019366684 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.50 lbs) 146 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fiction. A woman possessed by an inexplicable hatred for her husband plans his death on their forthcoming trip to Mexico. It is unwittingly facilitated by a young girl with whom the husband falls in love. THE IGUANAS OF HEAT is an altogether different book, even as it remains unmistakably a novel by Yuriy Tarnawsky. Recalling at times the works of John O'Hara, John Hawkes, Paul and Jane Bowles, as well as Ann Quin, it tells the story of an extremely unhappily married couple, Greta Kraus and Walter Kramer...Lyrical, emotional, and compulsively readable, WARM ARCTIC NIGHTS and THE IGUANAS OF HEAT make remarkable additions to what was already a powerful body of work. Both are heartily recommended.--A.D. Jameson
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Contributor Bio(s): Tarnawsky, Yuriy: - Yuriy Tarnawsky is an author of some three dozen books of poetry, fiction, drama, essays, and translations in English and Ukrainian, including WARM ARCTIC NIGHTS (JEF Books, 2019), THE IGUANAS OF HEAT (JEF Books, 2019), CLAIM TO OBLIVIAN (JEF Books, 2016), and THE PLACEBO EFFECT TRILOGY (JEF Books, 2013). An engineer and linguist by training, he has worked as computer scientist specializing in artificial intelligence at IBM Corporation and professor of Ukrainian literature and culture at Columbia University. He was born in Ukraine, but was raised and educated in the West. For his contribution to Ukrainian literature, in 2008, he was awarded the Prince Yaroslav the Wise Order of Merit by the Ukrainian government. He resides with his wife Karina in the New York City Metropolitan area. |