lance olsen’s absolute away wins big other award in fiction
We’re excited and honored to share that Lance Olsen’s novel ABSOLUTE AWAY was selected as the “Big Other” Book Award winner for the fiction category! Many thanks to John Madera at Big Other Magazine for recognizing this innovative novel and selecting it from a pool of incredible finalists. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners!
With Lance Olsen’s signature flair, Absolute Away is an innovative narrative triptych, a story of one life reimagined.
The first movement tells the story of Edie Metzger, a little Jewish girl who bit Hermann Göring’s lip so hard it bled at a Nazi book-burning rally in 1933. In the second, in 1956, grown Edie is the passenger clinging to the backseat of the Oldsmobile 88 convertible driven by Jackson Pollock, moments before it plunges off the road. In the third, the narrative embarks into an ever-unspooling universe of Edies that might have lived—Edie’s gender, past, and consciousness flying forever farther apart.
Check out the complete awards announcement here.
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