by Emily Barton

Following up her quixotically brilliant debut novel, Emily Barton continues to imagine the liminal spaces between reality and fantasy. In her first book, Barton imagined a country that had not yet made contact with the modern world. In BROOKLAND, set in the 18th century, the scope of the fiction is smaller and the grit and bite of the scenario are more fully realized, more joyously tangible. Barton's protagonist, Prudence Winship, devotes her life to building the first bridge, an architectural marvel, from Brooklyn to Manhattan. A historical novel about a false history, Barton's rich imagination spins straw into gold.