PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction ぺん/ふぉーくなーしょう(ふぃくしょんぶもん)
Edition 29 (2009)
FictionNovelAmerican Literature Award
Winners
1 peopleSet in New York after 9/11, Netherland follows an immigrant’s loneliness and search for belonging through cricket and friendship. It is a first-person story of urban loss, hope, and personal renewal told with delicate precision.
In post-9/11 New York, the novel traces an immigrant’s loneliness and renewal.
272 pages
immigrationurban lifeloss and hopefriendshipcricket