It’s a new month and that means we have a brand new Statesman Selects pick! This month, BookPeople and the Austin American-Statesman recommend you pick up a copy of The Son by Philipp Meyer. The Statesman featured a review of The Son in their Sunday edition yesterday, June 3.
“I think he did an amazing job of capturing Texas history,” says Don Graham, who teaches UT courses about Southwestern literature to Michener Fellows. “The range of his novel, from the mid-19th century through the 20th century, is impressive. In fact, I think it’s the most ambitious Texas novel in a long time, going back to 1985, the year of ‘Blood Meridian’ and ‘Lonesome Dove.’ “
Graham adds that Meyer “has written the best Texas captivity narrative ever, in my opinion. …. In the last four or five years, he seems to have inhaled Texas history and found original voices through which to tell the story of the Lone Star State.”
— An excerpt from The Austin American-Statesman’s Charles Ealey on The Son, Statesman Selects pick for June! Read his full review over on the Statesman website. We’re proud to partner with the Statesman each month to bring you one book you absolutely should not miss. If it’s a Statesman Selects title, you know it’s bound to be a good read.
Join us here at BookPeople when we welcome Philipp Meyer to speak about and sign The Son on Thursday, June 6 at 7pm.
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