Ask Me Again
23 January 2025
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
A Finalist for The Center For Fiction First Novel Prize
‘Beautiful . . . Clare Sestanovich is a writer of disarming radiance’ – Garth Greenwell, author of Cleanness
How much knowledge do you need in order to know someone?
As her grandmother is dying, sixteen-year-old Eva wanders the halls of a hospital. There, she spots Jamie. Despite having little in common, from this...
Details
23 January 2025
228 pages
9781529053609
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Ask Me Again is a beautifully observed and deeply philosophical novel, which surprises and delights at every turn.Jenny Offill, author of Weather
Rigorous, intensely observed, and brimming with the sort of elusive revelations that form the heartbeat of a life, Sestanovich’s novel debut demonstrates a tremendous gift at rendering the texture of love, faith, and heartbreak with both subtlety and force. In her masterful hands, relationships condense, turn acute, and unfurl with symphonic grace across the individual arcs of characters that you can’t help but carry with you long afterward.Alexandra Kleeman, author of Something New Under the Sun
This beautiful debut novel is wise about intellectual and erotic discovery, disenchantment and loneliness. It’s alert to the small moments of awkwardness and grace that make up the texture of common life; its quiet, tectonic power comes from an awareness of how easily common life can tilt toward catastrophe. Clare Sestanovich is a writer of disarming radiance.Garth Greenwell, author of Cleanness
Sestanovich captivates with her distinctive characterizations . . . an intelligent exploration of lives in the making.Publishers Weekly