In St. Petersburg, Russia, world chess champion Aleksandr Bezetov begins a quixotic quest: He launches a dissident presidential campaign against Vladimir Putin. He knows he will not win-and that he is risking his life in the process-but a deeper conviction propels him forward.
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, thirty-year-old English lecturer Irina Ellison struggles for a sense of purpose. Irina is certain she has inherited Huntington’s disease-the same cruel illness that ended her father’s life. When Irina finds an old, photocopied letter her father wrote to the young Aleksandr Bezetov, she makes a fateful decision. Her father asked the chess prodigy a profound question-How does one proceed in a lost cause?-but never received an adequate reply. Leaving everything behind, Irina travels to Russia to find Bezetov and get an answer for her father, and for herself.
(From Publisher)
Jennifer duBois’s A Partial History of Lost Causes was one of the most acclaimed debuts of 2012. It was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction and the Northern California Book Award for Fiction, and O: The Oprah Magazine chose it as one of the ten best books of the year. DuBois was also named one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 authors. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, duBois recently completed a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. Originally from Massachusetts, she now lives in Texas.
“A long-lost letter links two disparate characters, each searching for meaning against seemingly insurmountable odds; In St. Petersburg, world chess champion, Aleksandr Bezetov launches a dissident presidential campaign against Vladimir Putin. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, thirty-year-old Irina Ellison knows she has inherited Huntington’s disease – the same illness that ended her father’s life.” Well drawn characters, vibrant scenes and imaginative descriptions.
| Author | Jennifer duBois |
|---|---|
| Country | US |
| Nominating Library | Germany, Münchner Stadtbibliothek, Munich |
| Publisher | Dial Press, USA |
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