An American expatriate hopes to quell his grief for a long lost son in the stillness of his photographs of the Dodecanese Islands. But soon friendship and then love for a woman wounded in her own family-born grief propels him toward life again, where stillness is set into motion and identity might be recovered, against odds, in a foreign place.
Oderman has a knack for keeping things moving and bringing the vibrant colors of the island to life.
—Publishers Weekly
Does art clarify or obscure love? With a photographic eye, Kevin Oderman probes family secrets on an exotic island.
White Vespatakes the reader on a journey of the senses: the smells and tastes of the Greek isles; the thrumming heat; the languid stroll of life; the sometimes painful stabs of memory when all you want to do is forget.
—Jeff Talarigo, author ofThe Pearl Diver
Promotion during twice yearly residency at university where author teaches creative writing
Book will be promoted during readings of his wife who is also a published author
Promotion to independent bookstores with advance reading copies available
Coop available
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Kevin Oderman’s early literary essays led to writingHow Things Fit Together(New England UP,) winner of a Bakeless Prize in nonfiction. From his travel experiences he wrote his first novel,Going(Vandalia Press) and his literary nonfiction about travel is currently being gathered into a volume, Cannot Stay. Twice he has lived abroad as a Fulbright FelllãÉ
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