Harrow
First edition
AuthorJoy Williams
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, Fantasy
PublisherKnopf
Publication date
September 14, 2021
Media typePrint
ISBN9780525657569

Harrow is a science-fiction fantasy novel by Joy Williams, published September 14, 2021 by Knopf Publishing Group.

Reception

Harrow received starred reviews from Kirkus Books,[1] Booklist,[2] and Publishers Weekly,[3] as well as positive reviews from the Los Angeles Review of Books,[4] Los Angeles Times,[5] New York Review of Books,[6] Wall Street Journal,[7] New Yorker,[8] Star Tribune,[9] Atlantic,[10] Chicago Review of Books,[11] ZYZZYVA,[12] and A.V. Club.[13] The book received a mixed review from The Washington Post[14] and The New York Times.[15]

Accolades for Harrow
Year Accolade Result Ref.
2021 Kirkus Prize Winner [16]
Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of 2021 Selection [1]
2022 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Longlist [17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Harrow". Kirkus Reviews. June 16, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. ^ Seaman, Donna (July 2021). "Harrow". Booklist. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  3. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Harrow by Joy Williams. Knopf, $26 (224p) ISBN 978-0-525-65756-9". PublishersWeekly.com. 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. ^ Goldstein, Sam Jaffe (2021-11-22). "A Millennial's Purgatory: On Joy Williams's "Harrow"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  5. ^ "Review: Joy Williams' first novel in decades is an astonishing end-times parable". Los Angeles Times. 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  6. ^ Rich, Nathaniel. "Exhilarating Antihumanism". ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  7. ^ Sacks, Sam (2021-09-10). "Fiction: Joy Williams's 'Harrow' Review". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  8. ^ Waldman, Katy (2021-09-20). "Joy Williams Does Not Write for Humanity". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  9. ^ Akins, Ellen (September 10, 2021). "Review: 'Harrow,' by Joy Williams". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  10. ^ Domestico, Anthony (2021-09-12). "The Prophet of Nothingness". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  11. ^ Williams, Kyle Francis (2021-09-16). "Ecological Ruin and Postmodernism in "Harrow"". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  12. ^ Ravas, Zack (2021-12-01). "'Harrow' by Joy Williams: Book of Revelations". ZYZZYVA. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  13. ^ Adamczyk, Laura (2021-09-15). "Joy Williams' Harrow is a strange, comic novel for the end of the world". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  14. ^ Patrick, Bethanne (2021-09-23). "Review | The post-apocalyptic world of Joy Williams's 'Harrow' reads like a cautionary tale". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  15. ^ Garner, Dwight (2021-09-06). "After a Cataclysm, the Nature Lovers in 'Harrow' Struggle to Stay Sane". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  16. ^ "2021 Winners". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  17. ^ "Announcing the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists". PEN America. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-12-21.


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