I've just been informed by De La Pava's publisher that his second novel, currently entitled Personae, will be published "soon", and very likely this Spring (that's the Northern Hemisphere Spring). As anyone who's read his first novel, A Naked Singularity, knows, this is incredibly exciting news--and, in what's already shaping up to be a very strong year for literature, this is easily my most-anticipated book of 2011.
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This is an amazing surprise.
Yes, agreed--it was certainly the best news I had received last week.
Do NOT tease me!! This news--if true--is the cure for all that ails me!
I'm linking you on my Naked Singlarity page:
http://russillosm.com/ANS.html
Dear Steve:
This is 100% true and comes from the horse's mouth as the saying goes--I, too, am very excited. On another note, I love the pages on your blog about De La Pava and Evan Dara--great stuff, and I actually initially read about A Naked Singularity on your website, so thanks for that!
Also, here's some evidence: a contributor bioat Triple Canopy of De La Pava that mentions the book:
http://canopycanopycanopy.com/contributors
No announcement from author or publicist, but Xlibris has a description, a four-page excerpt, and what appears to be an activated purchase link here:
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=93417
Thanks, Steve! Apparently the link went up early, but I'm pretty excited about the book based on the excerpt already--very exciting stuff!
I can't remember whether I've mentioned this here yet, but in May the University of Chicago Press (for which I work as promotions director) will be publishing A Naked Singularity. We're really excited to get a chance to bring the book to a much wider audience. Information is here: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo13106363.html
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