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"Nine Island is a crackling incantation, brittle and brilliant and hot and sad and full of sideways humor that devastates and illuminates all at once." - Lauren Groff, author of Fates and FuriesNine Island is an intimate autobiographical novel, told by J, a woman who lives in a glass tower on one of Miami Beach's lush Venetian Islands. After decades of disaster with men, she is trying to decide whether to withdraw forever from romantic love. Having just returned to Miami from a monthlong reunion with an old flame, "Sir Gold," and a visit to her fragile mother, J begins translating Ovid's magical stories about the transformations caused by Eros. "A woman who wants, a man who wants nothing. These two have stalked the world for thousands of years," she thinks.
About the Author
Jane Alison is the author of a memoir, THE SISTERS ANTIPODES; four novels--NINE ISLAND, NATIVES AND EXOTICS, THE MARRIAGE OF THE SEA, and THE LOVE-ARTIST; a translation of Ovid's stories of sexual transformation called CHANGE ME; and a craft book, MEANDER, SPIRAL, EXPLODE: DESIGN AND PATTERN IN NARRATIVE. She lives in Charlottesville and teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Virginia.
