"Soul Retrieval": Debut Novel by Shanna McNair (Pre-Order)
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR SOUL RETRIEVAL
“The model for this elevated, poignant, lacerating, romanticist vision of human longing is the Denis Johnson of the early period, the guy who wrote “Angels”, and perhaps, via Denis Johnson, the Isaac Babel of “Red Cavalry,” where the very worst human tendencies are somehow the long slow way, the very costly way to God.”
— Rick Moody, author of "The Ice Storm" and "Garden State"
“Shanna McNair writes with power, grace, originality, and vulnerability about old truths in a new era. We know that the world is a hard and wonderful place; but in McNair‘s work, we do more than just know it. We feel it, with the intensity such a realization or remembrance deserves. I’m grateful for this novel.”
— Rick Bass, author of "For a Little While" and "All the Land to Hold Us"
“Shanna McNair writes with an assured mastery. The characters in this novel are richly drawn and nuanced, the story here is intriguing and deeply imagined, and completely unexpected in its turns. Elegant language, humor, and wit, draw us into her words. This novel is a captivating must-read.”
— Chris Abani, author of "The Secret History of Las Vegas" and "GraceLand"
Soul Retrieval (Literary Fiction) is a novel about self-reclamation.
Mary Dixon’s soul retrieval came the hard way, through mires of drug addiction and abuse and a family steeped with mental illness. Soul Retrieval is voice-driven, with an innovative literary organization. The chapter headers of Soul Retrieval travel the topics of Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, and tackles all of life's most profound themes, from Love all the way to Death. The shamanistic practice and ritual of soul-retrieval: to find those pieces one has lost along the way in life—find them and become whole again. Along the way, Mary learns to forgive and let go of her toxic past.
Delivered with the intimacy of a deeply contemplative and emotionally plastic first person, Soul Retrieval centers on one woman's self-reclamation.
Hardcover with dust jacket and printed laminate cover, 264 pages. ISBN: 978-1-962931-02-1. Soul Retrieval is forthcoming from High Frequency Press in 2025. Cover art is TBA. The volume contains 15 original artworks by the author.
Gif image credit: Michelle Harris.
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR SOUL RETRIEVAL
“The model for this elevated, poignant, lacerating, romanticist vision of human longing is the Denis Johnson of the early period, the guy who wrote “Angels”, and perhaps, via Denis Johnson, the Isaac Babel of “Red Cavalry,” where the very worst human tendencies are somehow the long slow way, the very costly way to God.”
— Rick Moody, author of "The Ice Storm" and "Garden State"
“Shanna McNair writes with power, grace, originality, and vulnerability about old truths in a new era. We know that the world is a hard and wonderful place; but in McNair‘s work, we do more than just know it. We feel it, with the intensity such a realization or remembrance deserves. I’m grateful for this novel.”
— Rick Bass, author of "For a Little While" and "All the Land to Hold Us"
“Shanna McNair writes with an assured mastery. The characters in this novel are richly drawn and nuanced, the story here is intriguing and deeply imagined, and completely unexpected in its turns. Elegant language, humor, and wit, draw us into her words. This novel is a captivating must-read.”
— Chris Abani, author of "The Secret History of Las Vegas" and "GraceLand"
Soul Retrieval (Literary Fiction) is a novel about self-reclamation.
Mary Dixon’s soul retrieval came the hard way, through mires of drug addiction and abuse and a family steeped with mental illness. Soul Retrieval is voice-driven, with an innovative literary organization. The chapter headers of Soul Retrieval travel the topics of Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, and tackles all of life's most profound themes, from Love all the way to Death. The shamanistic practice and ritual of soul-retrieval: to find those pieces one has lost along the way in life—find them and become whole again. Along the way, Mary learns to forgive and let go of her toxic past.
Delivered with the intimacy of a deeply contemplative and emotionally plastic first person, Soul Retrieval centers on one woman's self-reclamation.
Hardcover with dust jacket and printed laminate cover, 264 pages. ISBN: 978-1-962931-02-1. Soul Retrieval is forthcoming from High Frequency Press in 2025. Cover art is TBA. The volume contains 15 original artworks by the author.
Gif image credit: Michelle Harris.
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR SOUL RETRIEVAL
“The model for this elevated, poignant, lacerating, romanticist vision of human longing is the Denis Johnson of the early period, the guy who wrote “Angels”, and perhaps, via Denis Johnson, the Isaac Babel of “Red Cavalry,” where the very worst human tendencies are somehow the long slow way, the very costly way to God.”
— Rick Moody, author of "The Ice Storm" and "Garden State"
“Shanna McNair writes with power, grace, originality, and vulnerability about old truths in a new era. We know that the world is a hard and wonderful place; but in McNair‘s work, we do more than just know it. We feel it, with the intensity such a realization or remembrance deserves. I’m grateful for this novel.”
— Rick Bass, author of "For a Little While" and "All the Land to Hold Us"
“Shanna McNair writes with an assured mastery. The characters in this novel are richly drawn and nuanced, the story here is intriguing and deeply imagined, and completely unexpected in its turns. Elegant language, humor, and wit, draw us into her words. This novel is a captivating must-read.”
— Chris Abani, author of "The Secret History of Las Vegas" and "GraceLand"
Soul Retrieval (Literary Fiction) is a novel about self-reclamation.
Mary Dixon’s soul retrieval came the hard way, through mires of drug addiction and abuse and a family steeped with mental illness. Soul Retrieval is voice-driven, with an innovative literary organization. The chapter headers of Soul Retrieval travel the topics of Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, and tackles all of life's most profound themes, from Love all the way to Death. The shamanistic practice and ritual of soul-retrieval: to find those pieces one has lost along the way in life—find them and become whole again. Along the way, Mary learns to forgive and let go of her toxic past.
Delivered with the intimacy of a deeply contemplative and emotionally plastic first person, Soul Retrieval centers on one woman's self-reclamation.
Hardcover with dust jacket and printed laminate cover, 264 pages. ISBN: 978-1-962931-02-1. Soul Retrieval is forthcoming from High Frequency Press in 2025. Cover art is TBA. The volume contains 15 original artworks by the author.
Gif image credit: Michelle Harris.