The New York Times posted its literary critics' top ten books of 2009 today, and we were thrilled to see that former undergrad Patrick Sommerville's first novel, The Cradle, made Janet Maslin's list, while Prof. Lorrie Moore's latest novel, A Gate at the Stairs, was on the list compiled by Michiko Kakatani. Here are the critics' thumbnail descriptions of these novels:
Maslin on Sommerville: A slim, enchanting, unsentimental debut novel in which a young father-to-be’s journey to retrieve his wife’s stolen cradle sends him on an unexpectedly important journey. (Little, Brown & Company)
Kakatani on Moore: By turns heartbreaking and funny, sobering and wry, this novel chronicles the coming of age of a young woman in the year after 9/11 and her initiation into the adult world of loss and grief. (Alfred A. Knopf)
Congratulations to both Pat and Lorrie!
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