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Review Quotes: Review Quotes: "Gorgeous...a sublimely quiet depiction of loneliness and disorientation." --Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Trust and In the Distance Review Quotes: "In this masterful and infinitely moving dog's tale, Yoon shows us what great fiction can do: change the way we see the world by sharing the song of another heart. Destined to be a classic." --Mona Awad, New York Times bestselling author of We Love You, Bunny and Rouge Review Quotes: "This book is stunning. I was with it every second and it will be with me for a long time." --Joan Silber, author of Mercy and Ideas of Heaven Review Quotes: "A wonder of a novel." --Andrew Krivak, author of Like the Appearance of Horses and The Sojourn Biographical Note: Paul Yoon is the author of six works of fiction: Etna; Once the Shore, a New York Times Notable Book; Snow Hunters, winner of the Young Lions Fiction Award; The Mountain, an NPR Best Book of the Year; Run Me to Earth, a Time Must-Read Books of 2020 and longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction; and The Hive and the Honey, winner of the 20th Annual Story Prize and longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates prize. Review Quotes: "[A] spare, hypnotic novel... In the tradition of George Orwell's Animal Farm, Yoon's parable limns the politics of destruction and the emotional wisdom of man's best friend." -- TIME Magazine "The 36 Most Anticipated Books of 2026" Review Quotes: "A combat-trained dog sets out for home after a war in this magnificent novel... Not only does Yoon pull off a fresh take on well-worn Homeric themes and convincingly capture a dog's perspective, but he offers subtle and stirring insights on the nature of faith, which might not always provide salvation but can be enough to keep people (and dogs) going. The author has outdone himself." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Review Quotes: "Yoon's Homeric parable punches above its weight, minimalism deftly crafted for maximalist impact." --Boston Globe, "Best Books of the Summer" Review Quotes: "Poignant...a story on the importance of storytelling itself, as a way to resist cruelty and recognize hope." -- Chicago Tribune "Simply put, I've never read a book like this. Yoon's novel is concise and unique and just sticks with you after reading." -- Scary Mommy "Paul Yoon's stories and novels reveal an author of uncommon generosity and grace. Much of his fiction takes place during, after, or--perhaps most accurately--between wars, and Yoon renders both the brutality and the beauty of the human experience with remarkable clarity. As if igniting a simple chunk of carbon, Yoon employs an economy of language to transform a common sight carefully observed--a reflection breaking apart in troubled water, a dog raising its head to meet a kind hand--into a lucid vision of life...We cannot evaluate how accurately Yoon renders a dog's interior life, but thankfully the rigors of realism do not always apply. With Etna, Paul Yoon delivers a nonhuman voice that reminds us we only share this world, and so much of it exists beyond our understanding." --Ben Samuels, BOMB Magazine Publisher Marketing: NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, TIME, and LITHUB A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, THE BOSTON GLOBE, LITHUB, and SCARY MOMMY Beloved author and winner of The Story Prize, Paul Yoon, is back with the unforgettable story of a working dog, Etna, who, after a devastating war, embarks on an odyssey in the hopes of returning home. Set in a fictional country in the present day, this is a story told through the eyes of an ex-military dog, Etna. After surviving years of a devastating war, Etna decides one night to leave the men he has fought alongside for years and return home--to the place where he was taken from when he was young, in the thin but persistent hope that if a home exists for him, it might be there. Thus begins an exhilarating odyssey told through the eyes of a dog as he traverses across ruined landscapes and fights to survive in a world that, even in peacetime, proves to be just as precarious. Along the way, he encounters other animals and humans who are attempting to figure out how to start again. What makes a life when there is no home to go back to? How do we begin to trust each other again after such profound loss? This is a novel about the power of an idea, about never giving up, and ultimately a novel about finding hope in the most dire of times. Review Citations:
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