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- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Length
- ≈ 304 pages
- Reading time
- 8–11 hours
- ISBN
- 1668068524
Reading time assumes 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate. Edition source
What is this book about?
Daniel Kraus sets Angel Down during the First World War. Its central figure, an army private who has previously evaded the draft, encounters an angel on the battlefield. The novel is written as one continuous sentence. It was published by Atria Books in July 2025 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2026.
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