A Time Outside This Time

“Sensuous and searching, this is an absorbing portrait of an inspired artist in the midst of our maddening cultural moment.” —Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Homeland Elegies

From the acclaimed author of Immigrant, Montana, a one-of-a-kind novel about fake news, memory, and the ways in which truth can be not only stranger than fiction, but a fiction of its own.

When a writer named Satya attends a prestigious artist retreat, he finds the pressures of the outside world won't let up: President Trump rages online; a dangerous virus envelopes the globe; and the 24-hour news cycle throws fuel on every fire. For most of the retreat fellows, such stories are unbearable distractions; but for Satya, these Orwellian interruptions begin to… Keep Reading