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I Cheerfully Refuse
I Cheerfully Refuse
I Cheerfully Refuse
I Cheerfully Refuse
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I Cheerfully Refuse

byLeif Enger

BARNES & NOBLE BOOK CLUB PICK • A career defining tour-de-force from New York Times bestselling, award-winning and “formidably gifted” (Chicago Tribune) author of Peace Like a River Leif Enger. “A rare, remarkable book to be kept and reread—for its beauty of language, its gentle wisdom and its steady, unflagging hope.” — Laurie Hertzel, Minneapolis Star Tribune A storyteller “of great humanity and huge heart” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with Peace Like a River which sold over a million copies and captured readers’ hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author’s accomplished, resonant body of work. Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, a malignant billionaire ruling class, crumbled infrastructure and a lawless society. Amidst the Gulliver-like challenges of life at sea and no safe landings, Rainy is lifted by physical beauty, surprising humor, generous strangers, and an unexpected companion in a young girl who comes aboard. And as his innate guileless nature begins to make an inadvertent rebel of him, Rainy’s private quest for the love of his life grows into something wider and wilder, sweeping up friends and foes alike in his strengthening wake. I Cheerfully Refuse epitomizes the “musical, sometimes magical and deeply satisfying kind of storytelling” (Los Angeles Times) for which Leif Enger is cherished. A rollicking narrative in the most evocative of settings, this latest novel is a symphony against despair and a rallying cry for the future.

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About Literary Fiction

These are the books that everyone should read at least once in their lives. The unmissable, important, creative, and world-changing books you should have on your to-be-read list. Literary fiction books range from highly acclaimed debuts from fresh writers to incredible literary classics that are talked about, written about, and re-read by millions. Boundary-breaking and conception-challenging, many literary fiction books become iconic bestsellers and must-reads. You’ll find novels filled with nuanced characters, intriguing themes, and powerful writing. These works of literature, penned by some of the greatest writers in history, contain timeless themes, characters, emotions, and points of view. Some have even spawned entire modern literary fiction genres as a result of their influence. Some bestselling writers in Everand’s literary fiction ebooks category include Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Herman Hesse, and Jonathan Safran Foer. Check out bestselling books The Dutch House, The Storyteller, The House of the Spirits, and The Old Man and the Sea. All timeless, important, and often-cited books that exist in the cultural canon. If you’re looking for some of the most beloved titles in literary fiction ebooks, you’re in the right place.

These are the books that everyone should read at least once in their lives. The unmissable, important, creative, and world-changing books you should have on your to-be-read list. Literary fiction books range from highly acclaimed debuts from fresh writers to incredible literary classics that are talked about, written about, and re-read by millions. Boundary-breaking and conception-challenging, many literary fiction books become iconic bestsellers and must-reads. You’ll find novels filled with nuanced characters, intriguing themes, and powerful writing. These works of literature, penned by some of the greatest writers in history, contain timeless themes, characters, emotions, and points of view. Some have even spawned entire modern literary fiction genres as a result of their influence. Some bestselling writers in Everand’s literary fiction ebooks category include Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Herman Hesse, and Jonathan Safran Foer. Check out bestselling books The Dutch House, The Storyteller, The House of the Spirits, and The Old Man and the Sea. All timeless, important, and often-cited books that exist in the cultural canon. If you’re looking for some of the most beloved titles in literary fiction ebooks, you’re in the right place.