(Bloomsbury USA, January 2017) A masterful, enthralling debut best friend dies—a tragedy she novel about fate, family might have secrets, and the stories our on her own bodies tell. pilgrimage, but not before Neil falls for her, captivated by her Magdalena has an unsettling pale eyes, charming Eastern gift. She sees the truth about European accent, and aura of people written on their heartbreak. dates, details both banal and profound—and her Neil’s father, Richard, is also in only relief from the onslaught Paris, searching for the truth of information is to take off about his late mother, a her glasses and let the world famous expatriate American recede. Mercifully, her own novelist who abandoned him at skin is blank. birth. All his life Richard has clung to a single memory of his When she Neil, she is mother—her red shoes—which intrigued to see her name on her biographers agree he never says: his cheek. He’s in Paris for the could have seen. Kirkus summer, studying a medieval of David Mitchell's Cloud “Fans pilgrimage to the coast of Atlas and Téa Obreht's The Spain, where the body of Saint Tiger's Wife will love Saunders' Jacques is said to have washed debut, which takes up the ashore, covered in scallop mantle of myth, history, and shells. Magdalena, desperate to storytelling with beautiful, make things right after her sure-footed prose.” World English rights: Bloomsbury. Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann. Sold in Poland (Kobiece) Film rights: Regal Hoffmann LEE SIEGEL Lee Siegel has been a senior every major magazine and editor and TV critic at the newspaper in the US, New Republic, book critic for including the New York Times, the Nation, staff writer at the Wall Street Journal, the Harper’s, Talk magazine, and New Yorker, the Atlantic the Los Angeles Times Book Monthly, and the New York Review, and weekly columnist Review of Books. In 2002, for the New York Observer Siegel received the National and the Daily Beast. His Magazine Award for Reviews writing has been published by and Criticism. THE DRAW A Memoir – (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, April 2017)
(Bloomsbury USA, January 2017) A masterful, enthralling debut novel about fate, family secrets, and the stories our bodies tell. Magdalena has an unsettling gift. She sees the truth about people written on their dates, details both banal and profound—and her only relief from the onslaught of information is to take off her glasses and let the world recede. Mercifully, her own skin is blank. When she Neil, she is intrigued to see her name on his cheek. He’s in Paris for the summer, studying a medieval pilgrimage to the coast of Spain, where the body of Saint Jacques is said to have washed ashore, covered in scallop shells. Magdalena, desperate to make things right after her best friend dies—a tragedy she might have on her own pilgrimage, but not before Neil falls for her, captivated by her pale eyes, charming Eastern European accent, and aura of heartbreak. Neil’s father, Richard, is also in Paris, searching for the truth about his late mother, a famous expatriate American novelist who abandoned him at birth. All his life Richard has clung to a single memory of his mother—her red shoes—which her biographers agree he never could have seen. Kirkus says: “Fans of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas and Téa Obreht's The Tiger's Wife will love Saunders' debut, which takes up the mantle of myth, history, and storytelling with beautiful, sure-footed prose.” World English rights: Bloomsbury. Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann. Sold in Poland (Kobiece) Film rights: Regal Hoffmann LEE SIEGEL Lee Siegel has been a senior editor and TV critic at the New Republic, book critic for the Nation, staff writer at Harper’s, Talk magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review, and weekly columnist for the New York Observer and the Daily Beast. His writing has been published by every major magazine and newspaper in the US, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the New York Review of Books. In 2002, Siegel received the National Magazine Award for Reviews and Criticism. THE DRAW – A Memoir (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, April 2017)
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