The Children's Hospital

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"To read Chris Adrian is to take part in the exciting process of watching a talented and original writer gain mastery of his powerful gifts." —Myla Goldberg, The New York Times Book Review
" The Children's Hospital. . . probes the twined natures of death, grief, and sin with a rare combination of insight, longing, and oracular authority, ail tempered by a sense of humor so black it burns." —Emily Barton, author of Brookland
"Adrian lays out a brave new world that is glorious and miraculous and horrible all at once." —Entertainment Weekly
"This novel is a singular event: massive, recondite, often electrifying."
—Bookforum
"[Adrian] is a writer of prodigious talent who holds your heart in your hands we will be lucky as long as he continues to write."
— The Boston Globe
A hospital is preserved, afloat, after the earth is flooded beneath seven miles of water. Inside, assailed by mysterious forces, doctors and patients are left to remember the world they've... Tovább

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"To read Chris Adrian is to take part in the exciting process of watching a talented and original writer gain mastery of his powerful gifts." —Myla Goldberg, The New York Times Book Review
" The Children's Hospital. . . probes the twined natures of death, grief, and sin with a rare combination of insight, longing, and oracular authority, ail tempered by a sense of humor so black it burns." —Emily Barton, author of Brookland
"Adrian lays out a brave new world that is glorious and miraculous and horrible all at once." —Entertainment Weekly
"This novel is a singular event: massive, recondite, often electrifying."
—Bookforum
"[Adrian] is a writer of prodigious talent who holds your heart in your hands we will be lucky as long as he continues to write."
— The Boston Globe
A hospital is preserved, afloat, after the earth is flooded beneath seven miles of water. Inside, assailed by mysterious forces, doctors and patients are left to remember the world they've lost and to imagine one to come. At the center, a young medical student finds herself gifted with strange powers and a frightening destiny. Simultaneously epic and intimate; wildly imaginative and unexpectedly relevant, The Children's Hospital is a work of stunning scope, mesmerizing detail, and wrenching emotion.
CHRIS ADRIAN is the author of Gob's Grief He recently completed a pediatric residency at the University of California, San Francisco, and is currently a student at Harvard Divinity School.
Cover art by Andrew Schoultz
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