Title:
Lanny
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Paperback
Overview:
Lanny is Max Porters audacious, rhythm-soaked novel that arrived with a hush of reverence in 2019 and quickly established itself as a landmark work of modern literary fiction. This paperback edition invites you into a village where folklore and the ordinary collide with urgent, contemporary questions about love, family, and the stories we tell to make sense of a fractured world. The book follows a family grappling with the disappearance of a beloved boy, weaving together the voices of parents, neighbors, and a timeless forest spiritPapa Toothwortin a dizzyingly lyrical, deliberately polyphonic tapestry. Porter’s language moves with a hypnotic pulse, part spoken word, part prose, part fairy tale, creating a reading experience that feels at once intimate and vast. If you crave fiction that unsettles and exhilarates in equal measure, Lanny offers a relentlessly immersive encounter that lingers long after the final page. This edition brings you the full, unflinching power of a book that critics called startling, moving and overwhelming and readers describe as a thing of total joy.
What Makes This Book Stand Out:
What makes Lanny so distinctive is its fearless hybridity. Porter refuses to be limited by a single form, blending lyrical poetry, sharp dialogue, and eerie folklore to craft a narrative that feels like listening to a village choruseach voice offering a different truth about the same events. The result is a novel that is at once intimaterooted in a familys love and fearand expansive, probing big questions about community, media sensationalism, and the pull of myth in the modern world. The presence of Dead Papa Toothwort, a mythic figure who inhabits the landscape as surely as the humans, elevates the story into a modern fairy tale about memory, belonging, and the costs of certainty. This is writing that rewards patient, attentive reading and invites re-reading to catch the sparkling formal decisions that transform every page into a musical pause between revelations.
Who This Book Is Perfect For:
This is for adult readers who relish literary fiction with unusual shape, a strong sense of place, and a willingness to be surprised by form. It appeals to fans of magical realism, postmodern storytelling, and emotionally intense narratives about parenting, loss, and community. Ideal for book clubs seeking a discussion-driven title, for readers who enjoyed Porter’s earlier work, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, or for anyone curious about how folklore can speak to contemporary life. If you love books that feel like theyre whispering secrets from the margins of folklore and the everyday, Lanny deserves a place on your shelf.
Key Highlights:
- A bold, genre-defying literary novel with a hypnotic, musical rhythm
- Polyphonic storytelling that pulls you into a villages heartbeat
- Thoughtful exploration of parenting, memory, and community dynamics
- Fused folklore and contemporary realism for a timeless feel
- Compact paperback edition ideal for gifting or personal library
- Perfect pick for book clubs and BookTok conversations about style and structure
- From the acclaimed author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, offering a trusted literary voice
About the Author:
Max Porter is renowned for pushing the boundaries of form in contemporary fiction. His debut, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, established him as a singular voice unafraid to experiment with voice, length, and structure. Lanny, his second novel, further cemented his reputation for blending the intimate with the mythic, producing a work that feels both heartbreakingly human and enchantingly otherworldly. Porters writing is noted for its kinetic energy, inventive typography, and capacity to fold poetry and prose into a seamless, immersive reading experience. Readers respond to his bold, musical sentences and the way his stories linger in the imagination long after the last page is turned.
Why Youll Love This Book:
Lanny is more than a novel; its an invitation into a world where language itself becomes a character. If you value books that challenge conventional storytelling while delivering emotional resonance, this is a title youll return to again and again. The blend of folklore and modern life offers both comfort and discovery, and Porters daring approach makes this paperback a standout addition for readers who crave depth, originality, and a transformative reading journey. Its the kind of book that earns a place on the shelf not just for its ideas, but for the sheer pleasure of listening to its rhythm and meeting its unforgettable cast of voices.
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