JULIE IROMUANYA is the author of Mr. and Mrs. Doctor (Coffee House Press), a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction, the Etisalat Prize for Literature, and the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize for Debut Fiction. She is a 2020 George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation fellow, and she was the inaugural Herbert W. Martin Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Dayton. Iromuanya earned her Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an assistant professor for the Program in Creative Writing at the University of Chicago and affiliate faculty of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture. http: //julieiromuanya.com

"A family drama of the highest order, Season of Light is about the curses we carry with us and the rare chances we have to shed their weight. It's a stunning, layered novel, one that I read with my heart in my throat."--Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions for you and Pulitzer finalist The Great Believers

"A Season of Light is a heart-wrecking and wise and lyrical marvel of novel that illumes the tolls of war, the long haunting of family traumas, and the shaky promise of the immigrant American dream. The Ewerikes are as indelible as any family I've known or read about."--Mitchell S. Jackson, winner of the Pulitzer prize and author of The Residue Years

"Julie Iromuanya has the rare ability to use the most unlikely and unexpected conceit to weave a tale of such importance and magnitude, to expose life's sad and humorous sides. She is an original."--Helon Habila, author of Travelers

"Luminous... Iromuanya is a spectacular storyteller."--The New York Times Book Review

Named a Best/Most Anticipated Book of the Season/Year by Ebony, The Republic, Kirkus Reviews, Book Riot, and BiblioLifestyle.

"I haven't stopped thinking about this portrait of a family tangled in a deep web of intergenerational trauma... Julie Iromuanya pulls off a dazzling literary feat, building a sense of empathy and understanding through exquisite characters and weighty, authentic interpersonal dynamics. A Season of Light is a masterpiece of literary fiction, and will stay with you long after you've put it down."--Book of the Month (February Pick)

"[E]voked with empathy, tenderness, and intensely lyrical prose... An affecting, observant rendering of the immigrant experience in contemporary America."--Kirkus Reviews

Publisher: Algonquin Books

Pub date: 2025-02-04

Length: 256 pages