num_pages: 15
description: With stories that movingly illuminate the hopes and disappointments of contemporary American dreamers, Andre Dubus III has risen to the top ranks of American novelists. In this Oprahs Book Club selection and finalist for the National Book Award, he tells the riveting tragedy of two determined, yet fragile people who become caught up in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Colonel Behrani is a once-wealthy Iranian immigrant who struggles for dignity while working low-wage jobs in America. Kathy Nicolo is a troubled young house cleaner striving to put her life in order. When Kathys house is mistakenly put up for public auctionand Behrani risks the last of his familys fortune to buy itthe two become enmeshed in a desperate conflict. An elegant and powerful examination of the tragedy that arises from our failure to understand each other, House of Sand and Fog is an original, completely riveting literary thriller. A dual narration by the author and Fontaine Dollas Dubus voices all the drama of ordinary lives spinning out of control.
language: English
title: House of Sand and Fog
titlecomplete: House of Sand and Fog
characters: Colonel Behrani, Sheriff Lester Burdon, Kathy Nicolo
genres: Book Club, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Drama, Literature, Suspense, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 131814
places: California
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Recorded Books