Description
Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction Barnes & Noble 2014 Discover Great New Writers Selection, Third Place The stories in Elegy on Kinderklavier explore the profound loss and intricate effects of war on lives that have been suddenly misaligned. A diplomat navigates a hostile political climate and an arranged marriage in an Israeli settlement on a newly discovered planet; a small town in Kansas shuns the army recruiter who signed up its boys as troops are deployed to Iraq, falling in helicopters and on grenades; a family dissolves around mental illness and a child's body overtaken by cancer. The moment a soldier steps on an explosive device is painfully reproduced, nanosecond by nanosecond. Arna Bontemps Hemenway's stories feel pulled out of time and place, and the suffering of his characters seem at once otherworldly and stunningly familiar. Elegy on Kinderklavier is a disquieting exploration of what it is to lose and be lost.
$3500 marketing and publicity budget Co-op available Galleys available: national mailings, targeted mailings to publications with military interests Book trailer to be submitted to ShelfAwareness and relevant literary websites/blogs National print campaign, specifically targeting The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Boston Globe, LA Review of Books, Bookforum, Kansas City Star, Pittsburg Morning Sun and Atlanta Journal-Constitution National advertising in Poets & Writers, Rain Taxi,, and others including relevant literary journals Online/social media campaign through The Atlantic Monthly and HuffingtonPost.com, and with outreach to literary blogs such as HTMLGIANT, The Rumpus, Bookslut, and The Millions. Excerpts in Ecotone, FiveChapters, The Missouri Review, The Seattle Review and others Bookseller and Library promotions: LibraryThing and Goodreads giveaways; IndieBound and Consortium galley boxes; IndieBound Advance Access program; MLA catalog ad; attendance at AWP, Sewanee Writers' Conference, and Arkansas Book Festival; Submission to Powell's Indiespensable Program and Barnes & Noble Discover Award. eBook available at same time as print publication, eBook ISBN to be included on all press materials and wherever print ISBN is listed. Author will promote both mediums through social media. Electronic postcard to announce publication sent to Hemenway's contacts Newsletter and catalog feature mailed to Sarabande's database of contacts Internet marketing campaign to include announcement on Sarabande national listserv as well as review copy mailing to online journals and blogs
About the Author
Arna Bontemps Hemenway holds an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and has received scholarships from the Sewanee Writers' Conference and Truman Capote Literary Trust. He teaches at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Reviews
"In this impressive debut short story collection, Hemenway shows a depth of emotion and intensity that carries the reader from start to finish. These haunting stories deserve a wide audience." Library Journal, starred review "Death is an imminent, lurking presence in this debut collection of seven stories, which explore the confluence of fate and circumstance that places men in situations of anguish and despair." Publishers Weekly
"In this impressive debut short story collection, Hemenway shows a depth of emotion and intensity that carries the reader from start to finish. These haunting stories deserve a wide audience." -Library Journal, starred review "Death is an imminent, lurking presence in this debut collection of seven stories, which explore the confluence of fate and circumstance that places men in situations of anguish and despair." -Publishers Weekly
Awards
Winner of Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (First Fiction) 2015. Runner-up for Discover Great New Writers (Fiction) 2014.
Book Information
ISBN 9781936747764
Author Arna Bontemps Hemenway
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Sarabande Books, Incorporated
Publisher Sarabande Books, Incorporated
Series Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature
Weight(grams) 266g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm * 18mm
$3500 marketing and publicity budget Co-op available Galleys available: national mailings, targeted mailings to publications with military interests Book trailer to be submitted to ShelfAwareness and relevant literary websites/blogs National print campaign, specifically targeting The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Boston Globe, LA Review of Books, Bookforum, Kansas City Star, Pittsburg Morning Sun and Atlanta Journal-Constitution National advertising in Poets & Writers, Rain Taxi,, and others including relevant literary journals Online/social media campaign through The Atlantic Monthly and HuffingtonPost.com, and with outreach to literary blogs such as HTMLGIANT, The Rumpus, Bookslut, and The Millions. Excerpts in Ecotone, FiveChapters, The Missouri Review, The Seattle Review and others Bookseller and Library promotions: LibraryThing and Goodreads giveaways; IndieBound and Consortium galley boxes; IndieBound Advance Access program; MLA catalog ad; attendance at AWP, Sewanee Writers' Conference, and Arkansas Book Festival; Submission to Powell's Indiespensable Program and Barnes & Noble Discover Award. eBook available at same time as print publication, eBook ISBN to be included on all press materials and wherever print ISBN is listed. Author will promote both mediums through social media. Electronic postcard to announce publication sent to Hemenway's contacts Newsletter and catalog feature mailed to Sarabande's database of contacts Internet marketing campaign to include announcement on Sarabande national listserv as well as review copy mailing to online journals and blogs
About the Author
Arna Bontemps Hemenway holds an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and has received scholarships from the Sewanee Writers' Conference and Truman Capote Literary Trust. He teaches at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Reviews
"In this impressive debut short story collection, Hemenway shows a depth of emotion and intensity that carries the reader from start to finish. These haunting stories deserve a wide audience." Library Journal, starred review "Death is an imminent, lurking presence in this debut collection of seven stories, which explore the confluence of fate and circumstance that places men in situations of anguish and despair." Publishers Weekly
"In this impressive debut short story collection, Hemenway shows a depth of emotion and intensity that carries the reader from start to finish. These haunting stories deserve a wide audience." -Library Journal, starred review "Death is an imminent, lurking presence in this debut collection of seven stories, which explore the confluence of fate and circumstance that places men in situations of anguish and despair." -Publishers Weekly
Awards
Winner of Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (First Fiction) 2015. Runner-up for Discover Great New Writers (Fiction) 2014.
Book Information
ISBN 9781936747764
Author Arna Bontemps Hemenway
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Sarabande Books, Incorporated
Publisher Sarabande Books, Incorporated
Series Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature
Weight(grams) 266g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm * 18mm
