David Vann: Caribou Island

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Michael Silverblatt

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David Vann builds his first novel out of dire materials: his father took his own life, and his stepmother's parents died in a murder/suicide. Caribou Island (Harper Collins), a tense depiction of a dissolving marriage, sets versions of these personal events in the wilds of Alaska, where Vann was born. How does a writer face the demons in his life and in his work? Is writing, itself, the safeguard?

Read an excerpt from Caribou Island.

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David Vann: author, 'Caribou Island'

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