de Potter's Grand Tour - Softcover

Praise for Joanna Scott

"Scott's prose is sensitive and beautifully crafted . . . Her characters are both eminently human and touched with magic and mystery." --"The Washington Post Book World

""The wit, the magical prose and the daring devices of Scott's writing create an enchantment." --"The Nation"

Praise for "De Potter's Grand Tour" "What a whirl of a book, full of secrets and surprises. I read "De Potter's Grand Tour" in a couple of days, losing myself in its pages, sorry to see the last words run like swift water under the bridge where I lingered, novel in hand. Joanna Scott is among the handful of American writers I will always want to read, and here she offers a capacious circumnavigation of a world tinged by melancholy, love, mystery, shimmering beauty, and unlikely passion. A lovely and strangely affecting read." --Jay Parini, author of "The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year"Praise for Joanna Scott:

"Scott's prose is sensitive and beautifully crafted . . . Her characters are both eminently human and touched with magic and mystery." --"The Washington Post Book World

""The wit, the magical prose and the daring devices of Scott's writing create an enchantment." --"The Nation"

Praise for "De Potter's Grand Tour" "Joanna Scott is a writer to treasure and her beguiling new novel is an intrepid exploration of the world, of the past, and of the human heart." --Peter Ho Davies, author of "The Welsh Girl""Joanna Scott's writing is always a wonder, but this, with its hints of Hawthorne's 'Wakefield, ' is her best yet: a wizardly dialogue between fact and fiction, the known and the unknown. I'll be haunted by her elusive, touching, and deluded hero for a long time." --Andrea Barrett, author of "Archangel" and "Ship Fever"
"Joanna Scott is the great tour guide of contemporary American fiction, navigating us across oceans of memory and longing. She doesn't sail around the reefs and shoals but steers us right for them, keeping every promise that we'll emerge on the other side intact, if not quite the same as before. In the company of Aimee de Potter as she intrepidly searches for her husband's ghost and secrets, Scott charts here one of her grandest tours yet, one more utterly singular story only she could have written." --Steve Erickson, author of "These Dreams of You""Like some exquisite and mysterious tapestry that Armand de Potter himself might have admired on one of his journeys, Joanna Scott's new novel masterfully weaves an irresistible story of love, secrecy, ambition, and devastating folly. "De Potter's Grand Tour" coalesces history and imagination with such brilliant clarity that a world now long lost seems like a personal experience freshly remembered. Joanna Scott is a magician, a conjurer, one of the very best writers at work today." --Bradford Morrow, author of "The Diviner's Tale""Only one of our wisest, deftest, most knowing prose stylists at the height of her powers could have invented the utterly beguiling experience that is "De Potter's Grand Tour." Joanna Scott has given us a daringly original and serious novel that in its magical rendering of the interior voices of a Gilded Age European adventurer and his American wife is as credible and moving as it is historically astute. One of the most delightful books I've read in years." --Jaimy Gordon, author of "Lord of Misrule""What a whirl of a book, full of secrets and surprises. I read "De Potter's Grand Tour" in a couple of days, losing myself in its pages, sorry to see the last words run like swift water under the bridge where I lingered, novel in hand. Joanna Scott is among the handful of American writers I will always want to read, and here she offers a capacious circumnavigation of a world tinged by melancholy, love, mystery, shimmering beauty, and unlikely passion. A lovely and strangely affecting read." --Jay Parini, author of "The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year""Joanna Scott's forthcoming novel, "De Potter's Grand Tour," is a delicate, enchanting, utterly delicious text, melancholy at the heart and yet slyly funny. Scott is of course a fearlessly intelligent writer, and this book is surely one of her finest. An aching quandary at its center, a question of love and abandonment involving exotic travel." --Louise Erdrich, "Birchbark Books Blog"Praise for Joanna Scott:
"Scott's prose is sensitive and beautifully crafted . . . Her characters are both eminently human and touched with magic and mystery." --"The Washington Post Book World
""The wit, the magical prose and the daring devices of Scott's writing create an enchantment." --"The Nation"

What a whirl of a book, full of secrets and surprises. I read "De Potter's Grand Tour" in a couple of days, losing myself in its pages, sorry to see the last words run like swift water under the bridge where I lingered, novel in hand. Joanna Scott is among the handful of American writers I will always want to read, and here she offers a capacious circumnavigation of a world tinged by melancholy, love, mystery, shimmering beauty, and unlikely passion. A lovely and strangely affecting read. "Jay Parini, author of The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year"

Only one of our wisest, deftest, most knowing prose stylists at the height of her powers could have invented for readers the utterly beguiling experience that is "De Potter's Grand Tour" ... One of the most delightful books I've read in years. "Jaimy Gordon, author of Lord of Misrule"

While Aimee grieves, she also slowly discovers secrets from her husband's past. By switching between the two characters' perspectives and building tension in every chapter, Scott crafts a tale full of mystery and suspense. "Real Simple"

Moving ... "De Potter's Grand Tour "is a descendant of the work ofPenelope FitzgeraldandW. G. Sebald, with their sensitivity to how unknowable life is, and yet how worth trying to know. "USA Today"

"De Potter's Grand Tour" is a delicate, enchanting, utterly delicious text, melancholy at the heart and yet slyly funny. Scott is of course a fearlessly intelligent writer, and this book is surely one of her finest. "Louise Erdrich, Birchbark Books Blog"

Joanna Scott is a writer to treasure and her beguiling new novel is an intrepid exploration of the world, of the past, and of the human heart. "Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl"

Joanna Scott's writing is always a wonder, but this, with its hints of Hawthorne's Wakefield, ' is her best yet: a wizardly dialogue between fact and fiction, the known and the unknown. I'll be haunted by her elusive, touching, and deluded hero for a long time. "Andrea Barrett, author of Archangel and Ship Fever"

Joanna Scott is the great tour guide of contemporary American fiction, navigating us across oceans of memory and longing. She doesn't sail around the reefs and shoals but steers us right for them, keeping every promise that we'll emerge on the other side intact, if not quite the same as before. In the company of Aimee de Potter as she intrepidly searches for her husband's ghost and secrets, Scott charts here one of her grandest tours yet, one more utterly singular story only she could have written. "Steve Erickson, author of These Dreams of You"

Like some exquisite and mysterious tapestry that Armand de Potter himself might have admired on one of his journeys, Joanna Scott's new novel masterfully weaves an irresistible story of love, secrecy, ambition, and devastating folly. "De Potter's Grand Tour" coalesces history and imagination with such brilliant clarity that a world now long lost seems like a personal experience freshly remembered. Joanna Scott is a magician, a conjurer, one of the very best writers at work today. "Bradford Morrow, author of The Diviner's Tale""

What a whirl of a book, full of secrets and surprises. I read De Potter's Grand Tour in a couple of days, losing myself in its pages, sorry to see the last words run like swift water under the bridge where I lingered, novel in hand. Joanna Scott is among the handful of American writers I will always want to read, and here she offers a capacious circumnavigation of a world tinged by melancholy, love, mystery, shimmering beauty, and unlikely passion. A lovely and strangely affecting read. Jay Parini, author of The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year

Only one of our wisest, deftest, most knowing prose stylists at the height of her powers could have invented for readers the utterly beguiling experience that is De Potter's Grand Tour ... One of the most delightful books I've read in years. Jaimy Gordon, author of Lord of Misrule

While Aimee grieves, she also slowly discovers secrets from her husband's past. By switching between the two characters' perspectives and building tension in every chapter, Scott crafts a tale full of mystery and suspense. Real Simple

Moving ... De Potter's Grand Tour is a descendant of the work ofPenelope FitzgeraldandW. G. Sebald, with their sensitivity to how unknowable life is, and yet how worth trying to know. USA Today

De Potter's Grand Tour is a delicate, enchanting, utterly delicious text, melancholy at the heart and yet slyly funny. Scott is of course a fearlessly intelligent writer, and this book is surely one of her finest. Louise Erdrich, Birchbark Books Blog

Joanna Scott is a writer to treasure and her beguiling new novel is an intrepid exploration of the world, of the past, and of the human heart. Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl

Joanna Scott's writing is always a wonder, but this, with its hints of Hawthorne's Wakefield, ' is her best yet: a wizardly dialogue between fact and fiction, the known and the unknown. I'll be haunted by her elusive, touching, and deluded hero for a long time. Andrea Barrett, author of Archangel and Ship Fever

Joanna Scott is the great tour guide of contemporary American fiction, navigating us across oceans of memory and longing. She doesn't sail around the reefs and shoals but steers us right for them, keeping every promise that we'll emerge on the other side intact, if not quite the same as before. In the company of Aimee de Potter as she intrepidly searches for her husband's ghost and secrets, Scott charts here one of her grandest tours yet, one more utterly singular story only she could have written. Steve Erickson, author of These Dreams of You

Like some exquisite and mysterious tapestry that Armand de Potter himself might have admired on one of his journeys, Joanna Scott's new novel masterfully weaves an irresistible story of love, secrecy, ambition, and devastating folly. De Potter's Grand Tour coalesces history and imagination with such brilliant clarity that a world now long lost seems like a personal experience freshly remembered. Joanna Scott is a magician, a conjurer, one of the very best writers at work today. Bradford Morrow, author of The Diviner's Tale

-What a whirl of a book, full of secrets and surprises. I read De Potter's Grand Tour in a couple of days, losing myself in its pages, sorry to see the last words run like swift water under the bridge where I lingered, novel in hand. Joanna Scott is among the handful of American writers I will always want to read, and here she offers a capacious circumnavigation of a world tinged by melancholy, love, mystery, shimmering beauty, and unlikely passion. A lovely and strangely affecting read.- --Jay Parini, author of The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year

-Only one of our wisest, deftest, most knowing prose stylists at the height of her powers could have invented for readers the utterly beguiling experience that is De Potter's Grand Tour ... One of the most delightful books I've read in years.- --Jaimy Gordon, author of Lord of Misrule

-While Aimee grieves, she also slowly discovers secrets from her husband's past. By switching between the two characters' perspectives and building tension in every chapter, Scott crafts a tale full of mystery and suspense.- --Real Simple

-Moving ... De Potter's Grand Tour is a descendant of the work ofPenelope FitzgeraldandW. G. Sebald, with their sensitivity to how unknowable life is, and yet how worth trying to know.- --USA Today

-De Potter's Grand Tour is a delicate, enchanting, utterly delicious text, melancholy at the heart and yet slyly funny. Scott is of course a fearlessly intelligent writer, and this book is surely one of her finest.- --Louise Erdrich, Birchbark Books Blog

-Joanna Scott is a writer to treasure and her beguiling new novel is an intrepid exploration of the world, of the past, and of the human heart.- --Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl

-Joanna Scott's writing is always a wonder, but this, with its hints of Hawthorne's 'Wakefield, ' is her best yet: a wizardly dialogue between fact and fiction, the known and the unknown. I'll be haunted by her elusive, touching, and deluded hero for a long time.- --Andrea Barrett, author of Archangel and Ship Fever

-Joanna Scott is the great tour guide of contemporary American fiction, navigating us across oceans of memory and longing. She doesn't sail around the reefs and shoals but steers us right for them, keeping every promise that we'll emerge on the other side intact, if not quite the same as before. In the company of Aimee de Potter as she intrepidly searches for her husband's ghost and secrets, Scott charts here one of her grandest tours yet, one more utterly singular story only she could have written.- --Steve Erickson, author of These Dreams of You

-Like some exquisite and mysterious tapestry that Armand de Potter himself might have admired on one of his journeys, Joanna Scott's new novel masterfully weaves an irresistible story of love, secrecy, ambition, and devastating folly. De Potter's Grand Tour coalesces history and imagination with such brilliant clarity that a world now long lost seems like a personal experience freshly remembered. Joanna Scott is a magician, a conjurer, one of the very best writers at work today.- --Bradford Morrow, author of The Diviner's Tale