Imagine Me Gone is a 2016 novel by American author and novelist Adam Haslett. It concerns a couple, Margaret and John, who marry despite John's crippling depression, and is narrated by the couple and their three children.[1] The novel was short-listed for the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize, and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[2][3]

Imagine Me Gone
Hardcover edition
AuthorAdam Haslett
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
Publication date
3 May 2016
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages368
ISBN978-0-316-26135-7

Reception

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The novel received positive reviews.[4] Critics particularly focused on the quality of Haslett's prose.[1][5] Lara Feigel, writing for The Guardian called his writing "finely adapted for each of the characters".[5] NPR's Heller McAlpin noted how, "Haslett's signature achievement in Imagine Me Gone is to temper the harrowing with the humorous while keeping a steady bead on the pathos."[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c McCalpin, Heller (4 May 2016). "Unquiet Minds Make Absorbing Reading In 'Imagine Me Gone'". NPR Books. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ^ "2016 National Book Awards". National Book Award. 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ^ Schaub, Michael (2017-04-13). "Adam Haslett, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, discusses 'Imagine Me Gone'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  4. ^ "Book Marks reviews of Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett". Book Marks. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  5. ^ a b Feigel, Lara (29 June 2016). "Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett review – tragedy, loss and transcendence". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2017.