Ben Ehrenreich reads from and discusses his new book Ether November 15, 2011

Award-winning journalist and fiction writer Ben Ehrenreich will celebrate his new novel Ether (Nov. 2011, City Lights) at City Lights Bookstore on Tuesday, November 15th, 7:00 PM. A book-signing will follow.

More information at http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100105580&fa=events

More about Ether:

A bearded man in a badly soiled suit known only as The Stranger wanders into an apocalyptic landscape on the fringes of a dying metropolis, looking for a way to "get back on top." Thwarted and rejected at every turn by old friends and strangers alike--even by the author of this novel, whom he visits repeatedly in unsuccessful attempts to determine his own narrative--his impotence and rage are expressed in acts of seemingly senseless violence. The various characters he encounters on his journey--a pack of sadistic boys, skinheads who beat him senseless, a deaf-mute woman who tries to heal him, a sidewalk preacher and a deranged man who identify him as The One--avoid him or abuse him, or attempt to follow him.

Entertaining, disturbing and wildly intelligent, written with sinister humor and great compassion, Ether reflects on the possibilities and consequences of forgiveness, the problems of faith and the trials of creation.

About the author:

Ben Ehrenreich is an award-winning journalist and fiction writer. HIs fiction has been published in McSweeney's, Bomb, and Black Clock, among other publications. His novel, The Suitors, was published by Counterpoint in 2006 and received widespread critical attention. This is his second novel.