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Chris Adrian: The Great Night
Oncologist and novelist Chris Adrian talks about how his need to tell and hear stories has helped him through his difficult work with children.
By Michael Silverblatt • • 29m ListenChris Adrian
writes
The Great Night (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) as a revisionist's
Midsummer Night's Dream. In this interview we explore the need for enchantment and magic, in these often dark times. Adrian, a pediatric oncologist and novelist, talks about how his need to tell and hear stories has helped him through his difficult work with children.
Read an excerpt from The Great Night.
