With the publication of his second novel, Reservation Road, John Burnham Schwartz established himself as a superb storyteller as well as a writer of extraordinary grace and stunning perception. The novel was hailed by Rosellen Brown as a shattering book, imagined with startling emotional precision and generosity. And the New York Times Book Review called it a triumph of form, pacing and power. Now, with Claire Marvel, Schwartz brings readers into a world so real and beautifully drawn that one does not want the story to end.A chance meeting in a rainstorm becomes a defining moment of transforming emotion for graduate students Claire Marvel and Julian Rose, two people whose hearts have long been protected behind walls of wit, intelligence, and innate caution.
