The lake on fire /

The lake on fire /

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Author / Creator:	Brown, Rosellen, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Louisville, KY : Sarabande Books, 2018. ©2018
Description:	350 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Immigrants -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters. Immigrants. Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction. Wisconsin -- Fiction. Illinois -- Chicago. Wisconsin. Historical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11726341

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ISBN:	9781946448231 1946448230
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"After more than a decade, Rosellen Brown, author of ten celebrated books, is back with a gritty, absorbing, and deeply felt novel. The Lake on Fire is an epic narrative that begins among immigrants on a failing Wisconsin farm. Chaya and her strange, brilliant, little brother Asher depart for Chicago only to discover that the Gilded Age is as empty a façade as the beautiful Columbian Exposition attracting thousands to Lake Michigan's shore. They scrape together a meager living--she in a cigar factory; he, roaming the city and stealing books and jewelry to share with the poor, until they find different paths of escape. Chaya's becomes a deeply conflicted love story and Asher, haunted by his loyalty to the Fair's abandoned workers, is responsible for an astonishing terrorist act. The abandoned Fair burns to the ground as the city goes on with its usual business in this profound narrative that resonates eerily with today's news"--

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Summary:	The Lake on Fire is an epic narrative that begins among 19th century Jewish immigrants on a failing Wisconsin farm. Dazzled by lore of the American dream, Chaya and her strange, brilliant, young brother Asher stow away to Chicago; what they discover there, however, is a Gilded Age as empty a façade as the beautiful Columbian Exposition luring thousands to Lake Michigan's shore. The pair scrapes together a meager living--Chaya in a cigar factory; Asher, roaming the city and stealing books and jewelry to share with the poor, until they find different paths of escape. An examination of family, love, and revolution, this profound tale resonates eerily with today's current events and tumultuous social landscape. The Lake on Fire is robust, gleaming, and grimy all at once, proving that celebrated author Rosellen Brown is back with a story as luminous as ever.
Physical Description:	350 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781946448231 1946448230