Bearing the Body: A Novel [Paperback]

ANew York TimesNotable Book of the Year

At the start ofBearing the Body, Nathan Mirsky learns that his older brother has died in San Francisco, apparently murdered after years of aimlessness. On the spur of the moment, Nathan leaves his job as a medical resident and heads west from Boston to learn what he can about Daniel's death. His father, Sol--a quiet, embittered Holocaust survivor--insists on coming along. Piecing together Daniel's last days, Nathan and Sol are forced to confront secrets that have long isolated them from each other and to being a long process of forgiveness.

From Francine Prose's review inThe New York Times Book Review: Several times while readingBearing the Body, I found myself recalling Virginia Woolf's remark thatMiddlemarchwas one of the few English novels written for grown-ups . . .

Ehud Havazeletis the award-winning author of two story collections,What Is It then Between Us?andLike Never Before, which was aNew York Timesnotable book and aLos Angeles TimesBest Book. He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim, Whiting, and Rockefeller foundations. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Oregon, and at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. He lives in Corvallis, Oregon.

It can hurt to be shown reality, to be told the truth. ButBearing the Bodyreminds you that there's nothing like it. . . . Extraordinary. Francine Prose, The New York Times

An ambitious novel driven by a wonderfully talented writer's sense of history, coupled with a deep compassion for his characters, every one of which is rendered fully and with great wisdom. Richard Russo

An impressive achievement from a highly gifted writer . . . This sorrowful but beautiful work is richly layered. Chicago Tribune

Beautifully, meticulously structured . . . A reader is also forced to notice,lã(