The Curfew

Jesse Ball, author ofThe Way Through DoorsandSamedi the Deafness, returns with this tender, spellbinding novel of a father and daughter living in a city ruled by fear. William and Molly lead a life of small pleasures: riddles at the kitchen table, games of string and orange peels. All around them the city rages with war. When the uprising began, Williamrs"s wife was taken, leaving him alone with their young daughter. They keep their heads down as police patrol the streets. But when an old friend seeks out William, claiming to know what happened to his wife, William risks everything. He ventures out after dark, and Molly is left to play, reconstructing his dangerous voyage, his past, and their future. An astounding portrait of fierce love within a world of random violence,The Curfewis a mesmerizing feat of literary imagination.

Jesse Ball is a poet and novelist. His novels include The Way Through Doors (2009) and Samedi the Deafness (2007), which was a finalist for the Believer Book Award. He has published books of poetry and prose, The Village on Horseback (2010), Vera & Linus (2006), March Book (2004). A book of his drawings, Og svo kom nottin, appeared in Iceland in 2006. He won the Paris Review’s Plimpton Prize in 2008 for The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp & Carr. His poetry has appeared in the Best American Poetry series. He is an assistant professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and teaches classes on lying, lucid dreaming and general practice.

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