Bloomland : a novel / John Englehardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Englehardt, John, 1987- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College students--United States--Fiction.

College students.

College teachers--United States--Fiction.

College teachers.

Mass shootings--United States--Fiction.

Mass shootings.

School shootings--United States--Fiction.

School shootings.

Violence--United States--Fiction.

Violence.

Grief--Fiction.

Grief.

United States.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Social problem fiction.

Physical Description:

195 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First US edition.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, MI : Dzanc Books, 2019.

Summary:

"In this richly textured debut, John Englehardt explores how the origin and aftermath of a mass shooting impacts the lives of three characters: a disillusioned student, a grieving professor, and a young man whose valuation of fear and disconnection funnels him into the role of the aggressor. As the community wrestles with the fallout, Bloomland interrogates social and cultural dysfunction in a nation where mass violence has become all too familiar."--Provided by publisher.

At a southern university, a student walks into the library with his roommate's semi-automatic rifle and opens fire. When he stops shooting, twelve people are dead. Over two decades we follow the shooting's effect on the community, and specifically three survivors. Rose was a disillusioned freshman hoping to escape a traumatic childhood. Eddie is a professor whose wife was among the victims. Eli's valuation of fear and disconnection funnels him into the role of the aggressor. -- adapted from jacket and Amazon.com info

ISBN:

9781945814938

1945814934

OCLC:

1083716025

Publisher Number:

99983668363