Claire Vaye Watkins

• Jul-2026
• / General Fiction
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In the latest novel from ???our most significant rising writer of the American West??? (Vulture), an unfettered heroine searches for a new way to love, and live, in a deeply uncertain worldThe first time Rose fell for Miles, she was a college kid, al...

• Oct-2021
• / General Fiction
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, VOGUE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, NPR, ESQUIRE, AND KIRKUS“There’s some kind of genius sorcery in this novel. It’s startlingly original, hilarious and harrowing by turns, finally transcendent. Wa...

• Oct-2015
• / Literary
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In 2012, Claire Vaye Watkins’s story collection, Battleborn, swept nearly every award for short fiction. Now this young writer, widely heralded as a once-in-a-generation talent, returns with a first novel that harnesses the sweeping vision and deep...

• Sep-2015
• / Literary
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In 2012, Claire Vaye Watkins's story collection, "Battleborn," swept nearly every award for short fiction. Now this young writer, widely heralded as a once-in-a-generation talent, returns with a first novel that harnesses the sweeping vision and deep...

• Aug-2012
• / Historical
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Like the work of Cormac McCarthy, Denis Johnson, Richard Ford, and Annie Proulx, Battleborn represents a near-perfect confluence of sensibility and setting, and the introduction of an exceptionally powerful and original literary voice. In each of the...