A Field Guide to the North American Family

by Hallberg, Garth Risk

• ISBN13: 9781935613244
• ISBN10: 1935613243
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-29
• Publisher: Mark Batty Pub

Summary

For years, the Hungates and the Harrisons have coexisted peacefully in the suburbs of New York. But when the patriarch of one family dies, the survivors face a stark imperative: adapt or face extinction. In 63 entries and an accompanying website,A Field Guide to the North American Familyoffers a collaborative portrait of two fictional specimens. Photographers contributed this editionrs"s lavish illustrations via afieldguide.com, an ongoing, networked internet community. Though the novelrs"s entries can be read straight through, alphabetical headings and cross-referenced design also enable readers to move through the narrative as they see fit. Part fiction, part reference work, part photo-essay, this singularField Guideinvites readers and participants to consider the state of the family... and to explore the future of the book.

Author Biography

Garth Risk Hallberg is the author of the novella A Field Guide to the North American Family and was selected by Richard Bausch as one of 2008′s “Best New American Voices.” His short stories have been published, most recently, in Glimmer Train, Canteen, and The Pinch. Essays have appeared in Slate, More Intelligent Life, and the Best of the Web anthology. A 2008 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Fiction, Garth teaches at Fordham University. He’s finishing up his first novel and a story collection.