The Way Through Doors

With his debut novel, Samedi the Deafness, Jesse Ball emerged as one of our most extraordinary new writers. Now, Ball returns with this haunting tale of love and storytelling, hope and identity.

When Selah Morse sees a young woman get hit by a speeding taxicab, he rushes her to the hospital. The girl has lost her memory; she is delirious and has no identification, so Selah poses as her boyfriend. She is released into his care, but the doctor charges him to keep her awake, and to help her remember her past. Through the long night, he tells her stories, inventing and inventing, trying to get closer to what might be true, and hoping she will recognize herself in one of his tales. Offering up moments of pure insight and unexpected, exuberant humor, The Way Through Doors demonstrates Jesse Ball's great artistry and gift for and narrative.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 02/10/2009
ISBN: 9780307387462
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/13/2008 pg. 34
Booklist 01/01/2009 pg. 50
New Yorker (The) 03/02/2009 pg. 71
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2008 pg. 1267
New Yorker (The) 12/14/2009 pg. 85