W.W. Norton
February 2014
On Sale: February 4, 2014
272 pages ISBN: 0393241130 EAN: 9780393241136 Kindle: B00DNEGNP6 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
The UnAmericans, a stunning exploration of
characters shaped by the forces of history, is the debut
work of fiction by Molly Antopol, a 2013 National Book
Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree.
An absentee
father, a former dissident from communist-era Prague,
needles his adult daughter for details about her newly
commissioned play when he fears it will cast him in an
unflattering light. An actor, imprisoned during the Red
Scare for playing up his communist leanings to get a part
with a leftist film director, is shamed by his act when he
reunites with his precocious young son. An Israeli soldier,
forced to defend a settlement filled with American religious
families, still pines for a chance to discover the United
States for himself. A young Israeli journalist, left
unemployed after America’s most recent economic crash,
questions her life path when she begins dating a middle-aged
widower still in mourning for his wife. And in the book’s
final story, a tour de force spanning three continents and
three generations of women, a young American and her Israeli
husband are forced to reconsider their marriage after the
death of her dissident art-collecting grandmother.
Again
and again, Molly Antopol’s deeply sympathetic characters
struggle for footing in an uncertain world, hounded by
forces beyond their control. Their voices are intimate and
powerful and they resonate with searing beauty. Antopol is a
superb young talent, and The UnAmericans will long
be remembered for its wit, humanity, and heart.
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