Josh Weil

Josh Weil
Occupation Author
Website www.joshweil.com

Josh Weil is an American author. He is the recipient of the 2010 Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction for his novella collection The New Valley. His debut novel, The Great Glass Sea was praised by Colum McCann, who stated Weil is “among the most gifted writers of his generation.”[1] The Great Glass Sea is a grand fable set in a 21st-century Russian town called Petroplavilsk.[2]The New York Times described the book as "a fantastical vision inspired by bits and pieces of Russian language, history and culture" and Los Angeles Times called it "an epic fantasy of brotherly bonds."[3][4] The book was also the recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "20 Under 40 Debut Writers You Need To Be Reading". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Review of "The Great Glass Sea" by Josh Weil - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  3. ↑ Vapnyar, Lara (2014-07-18). "‘The Great Glass Sea,’ by Josh Weil". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Josh Weil's 'Great Glass Sea' an epic fantasy of brotherly bonds". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  5. ↑ "The Great Glass Sea by Josh Weil". www.groveatlantic.com. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  6. ↑ LLC, D. Verne Morland, Digital Stationery International,. "Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Josh Weil, 2015 Fiction Winner". daytonliterarypeaceprize.org. Retrieved 2016-03-25.


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