 Julia Glass says about Abby Frucht's Life Before Death: Startling and fresh this novel certainly is -and beautiful, and moving, and exquisitely strange. It bushwacks, in hilarious detail, through private female terrain. Bret Lott says, of Abby Frucht's Polly's Ghost: An irresistable book: wrapped in Ms. Frucht's gorgeous prose...a genuine work of art that captures the reader's heart and soul. Anita Shreve says of Abby Frucht's Life Before Death: Abby Frucht has created one of the most memorable characters in recent fiction - a woman whose imagination and rich sensuality triumph over the worst that fate has to offer. As heartbreaking as it is funny, and beautifully written, Life Before Death is that odd paradox: a truly horrifying tale that affirms the bouyancy of the human spirit. |
BiographyAbby Frucht, whose collection of stories, FRUIT OF THE MONTH (University of Iowa Press), won the Iowa Short Fiction Prize for 1987, has since published five novels, including SNAP (Ticknor & Fields), LICORICE (Graywolf), ARE YOU MINE? (Grove), LIFE BEFORE DEATH (Scribner), and POLLY’S GHOST (Scribner). The recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, a New Voices Award from Quality Paperback Book Club, and several citations for notable books from The New York Times, Ms. Frucht, who has recently become a member of the National Book Critics Circle,has written numerous reviews and essays for The Boston Globe, The Village Voice, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and other publications. A committed mentor who has taught for thirteen years at the Vermont College MFA in Writing Program, she currently lives in Wisconsin where she is at work on several new projects. Many of Ms. Frucht’s works approach dark events via a playful persective, exploring the mysterious, surreal, and eccentric aspects of our lives and their endings. |
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