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'''''The Red Car''''' is 2016 novel written by [[Marcy Dermansky]].<ref name=KR>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marcy-dermansky/the-red-car/ |
'''''The Red Car''''' is a 2016 novel written by [[Marcy Dermansky]].<ref name=KR>{{cite web|work=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|title=The Red Car|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marcy-dermansky/the-red-car/}}</ref><ref name=W>{{cite web|url=http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-Red-Car/|title=The Red Car|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/books/review/red-car-marcy-dermansky.html|title='The Red Car': A Novel of Furious Action and Furious Ideas|author=Handler, Daniel|date=October 21, 2016}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
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Leah, a young writer, leaves her life in New York for a chance at happiness in San Francisco when her boss, Judy, dies in a |
Leah, a young writer, leaves her life in New York for a chance at happiness in San Francisco when her boss, Judy, dies in a traffic accident and leaves her a red sports car. |
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==Autobiographical features== |
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Some aspects in the novel parallel Dermansky's own life. Like the character Leah, Dermansky attended [[Haverford College]] (but unlike Leah, did graduate from there). And after college, she spent several years working odd jobs in San Francisco, before heading to the American South to do an M.A. in fiction (at the [[University of Southern Mississippi]]). She married a fellow writing graduate student ([[Jürgen Fauth]]) of Germanic background and they lived in Queens, New York together.<ref name=Haverford>{{cite web|work=Haverford College Headlines|url=https://www.haverford.edu/college-communications/news/double-trouble-haverford-alums-first-novel-twins-tells-twisted-coming|title=Double Trouble: Haverford Alum's First Novel, Twins, Tells A Twisted Coming-Of-Age Tale| |
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author=Brenna McBride|date=September 30, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624234332/https://www.haverford.edu/college-communications/news/double-trouble-haverford-alums-first-novel-twins-tells-twisted-coming |
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|archive-date=June 24, 2018}}</ref> Her agent (Alex Glass<ref name=Penman>{{cite web|work=The Penmen Review|url=http://penmenreview.com/spotlight/penmen-profile-literary-fiction-writer-marcy-dermansky/|title=The Penmen Profile: Literary Fiction Writer Marcy Dermansky|author=Rebecca LeBoeuf|date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625081826/http://penmenreview.com/spotlight/penmen-profile-literary-fiction-writer-marcy-dermansky/ |
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|archive-date=June 25, 2018}}</ref>) first contacted her because he had admired a short story of hers, and wanted to know if she was working on a full-length novel.<ref name=Haverford/> Dermansky related that she "had a friend who had a red car that she loved, and she died in that red car."<ref name=Powells>{{cite web|work=PowellsBooks.Blog|url=http://www.powells.com/post/original-essays/marcy-blanche-murakami-american-novelist|title=Marcy Blanche Murakami: American Novelist|author=Marcy Dermansky|date=October 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625083601/http://www.powells.com/post/original-essays/marcy-blanche-murakami-american-novelist |
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==Influences== |
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Dermansky has said "''The Red Car'' is my attempt to write a [[Haruki Murakami]] novel. A Murakami novel set in the United States, with a female protagonist, written by me, an American woman. This book started out as a writing exercise really" |
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<ref name=LARB>{{cite web|work=Los Angeles Review of Books|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/small-things-like-nature-happiness-interview-marcy-dermansky/|title="Small Things, Like the Nature of Happiness": An Interview with Marcy Dermansky|author=Matthew Salesses|date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625091648/https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/small-things-like-nature-happiness-interview-marcy-dermansky/ |
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|archive-date=June 25, 2018}}</ref> In particular, it shares features with Murakami's book ''[[A Wild Sheep Chase]]'', such as a large forward jump in time.<ref name=Powells/> |
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| ⚫ | ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote "There should be a [[literature|literary]] term for a book you can't stop reading that also makes you stop to think. I slammed down “The Red Car,” Marcy Dermansky's sharp and fiery new novel, in tense fits and jumpy starts, putting down the book to ponder it, but not pondering long because I had to know what happened next."<ref name=NYT/> |
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Latest revision as of 14:36, 2 October 2024
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| Author | Marcy Dermansky |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Published | W. W. Norton & Company[1] |
Publication date | October 11, 2016[2] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 208 pp[1] |
The Red Car is a 2016 novel written by Marcy Dermansky.[2][1][3]
Plot
[edit]Leah, a young writer, leaves her life in New York for a chance at happiness in San Francisco when her boss, Judy, dies in a traffic accident and leaves her a red sports car.
Autobiographical features
[edit]Some aspects in the novel parallel Dermansky's own life. Like the character Leah, Dermansky attended Haverford College (but unlike Leah, did graduate from there). And after college, she spent several years working odd jobs in San Francisco, before heading to the American South to do an M.A. in fiction (at the University of Southern Mississippi). She married a fellow writing graduate student (Jürgen Fauth) of Germanic background and they lived in Queens, New York together.[4] Her agent (Alex Glass[5]) first contacted her because he had admired a short story of hers, and wanted to know if she was working on a full-length novel.[4] Dermansky related that she "had a friend who had a red car that she loved, and she died in that red car."[6]
Influences
[edit]Dermansky has said "The Red Car is my attempt to write a Haruki Murakami novel. A Murakami novel set in the United States, with a female protagonist, written by me, an American woman. This book started out as a writing exercise really" [7] In particular, it shares features with Murakami's book A Wild Sheep Chase, such as a large forward jump in time.[6]
Reception
[edit]The New York Times wrote "There should be a literary term for a book you can't stop reading that also makes you stop to think. I slammed down “The Red Car,” Marcy Dermansky's sharp and fiery new novel, in tense fits and jumpy starts, putting down the book to ponder it, but not pondering long because I had to know what happened next."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The Red Car". W. W. Norton & Company.
- ^ a b "The Red Car". Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ a b Handler, Daniel (October 21, 2016). "'The Red Car': A Novel of Furious Action and Furious Ideas". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Brenna McBride (September 30, 2005). "Double Trouble: Haverford Alum's First Novel, Twins, Tells A Twisted Coming-Of-Age Tale". Haverford College Headlines. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018.
- ^ Rebecca LeBoeuf (September 12, 2017). "The Penmen Profile: Literary Fiction Writer Marcy Dermansky". The Penmen Review. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018.
- ^ a b Marcy Dermansky (October 12, 2016). "Marcy Blanche Murakami: American Novelist". PowellsBooks.Blog. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018.
- ^ Matthew Salesses (November 18, 2016). ""Small Things, Like the Nature of Happiness": An Interview with Marcy Dermansky". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018.
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