Stefan Merrill Block grew up in Plano, Texas. His first book, The Story of Forgetting, was an international bestseller and the winner of Best First Fiction at the Rome International Festival of Literature. Stefan's stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR's Radiolab, GRANTA, The Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. Stefan lives in Brooklyn.
An exquisitely moving novel of sorrow, love, and the miracle of
human connections. * Kamila Shamsie, author of 'Home Fire'
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A dazzling, psychologically astute, scientifically engaged novel
about love, loss, and the mysteries of the mind... Block dares to
ask some of the most profound questions of what it means to be
alive. * David Ebershoff, author of 'The Danish Girl' *
Stefan Block's profound novel, Oliver Loving, is
intricately constructed and rich with devastating, gorgeous
prose. * Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of
'The Middlesteins' *
Haunting, bittersweet, addictive. * J. Courtney Sullivan,
author of 'Maine' *
Oliver Loving is an extraordinary novel about family and community,
told with real heart and humour and style. Stefan Merrill Block has
the rare ability to capture, in his literature, the secrets we
store in silence - the pages of a life that are rarely read aloud.
* Jonathan Lee, author of 'High Dive' *
The last book that made me cry: Stefan Merrill Block's Oliver
Loving. Its subject matter - a young man in a coma after a
school shooting, and the repercussions for his family - lends
itself to tears, but the novel's real accomplishment is to avoid
pulling heartstrings. * Guardian *
A haunting, imaginative, and deeply poignant story by one of
America's great wordsmiths. I love this wise, probing and beautiful
novel. * Steve Toltz, author of the Man Booker shortlisted 'A
Fraction of the Whole' *
In elegant and beautiful prose, Block describes how Oliver's
family splits apart after his shooting. * Psychologies *
A moving novel of love, family, and loss, Stefan Merrill Block's
Oliver Loving pulls on every heart string. * PopSugar
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A captivating, powerful novel. * Teddy Wayne, author of 'The
Love Song of Jonny Valentine' *
Brilliantly illuminates the enduring bonds of family and offers
one of literature's best explorations of the limits of
communication we all grapple with. * Matthew Thomas, New York
Times bestselling author of 'We Are Not Ourselves' *
Book poses big questions about what constitutes a life worth
living. * Publishers Weekly *
A beautifully rendered meditation on the nature of forgiveness,
mercy, and healing. * Library Journal, Starred Review *
At once timely and timeless. * Booklist, Starred Review
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Psychologically astute.
* Esquire *
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