In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods Audiobook

Quotes

• “This is a fiercely original book—at once intimate and epic, visceral and philosophical—that sent me scurrying for adjectives, for precedents, for cover. Matt Bell commands the page with bold, vigorous prose and may well have invented the pulse-pounding novel of ideas.”

  — Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins

• “A deeply affecting, wildly inventive fable on parenthood and loss.”

  — Chicago Tribune

• “A tragedy of fantastic proportions, the book’s musical, often idiosyncratic prose will carry its readers into an unfamiliar but unforgettable world.”

  — Library Journal (starred review)

• “This debut novel from up-and-coming Bell  is a dark, intriguingly odd fable about what it means to be a father…this challenging, boldly experimental attempt at myth-building may resonate with equally ambitious readers.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Matt Bell does not write sentences—he writes spells. He is not a novelist—he is a mystic. This book, which will grip you in an otherworldly trance, reads like something divined from tea leaves or translated from a charcoal cipher on a cave wall.”

  — Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon and The Wilding

• “There is a power here that is almost overwhelming. The force of the writing is derived from something elemental and primal. Unlike anything I have read in a long time.”

  — Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

• “This week, I’ve been reading Matt Bell’s In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods, a terrifying and wonderful fable that has nestled itself somewhere deep inside my shoulder blades. I have never come across a book that is so close to a dream state, with all the wildness and wonder and transfiguration that implies.”

  — Emily Temple, literary editor