Books
Halfway through Ethan Canin’s weighty, blazingly intelligent new novel, his main character, a brilliant, flamed-out mathematician, tells his 12-year-old son that when it comes to success, determination trumps talent.
Feb. 12, 2016
PALACE THIEF by Ethan Canin (Picador: $10; 205 pp.)
Jan. 22, 1995
CARRY ME ACROSS THE WATER By Ethan Canin; Random House: 212 pages, $23.95
May 22, 2001
EMPEROR OF THE AIR Stories by Ethan Canin (Harper & Row: $7.95) This collection of short stories, Ethan Canin’s first, laudably runs counter to the current trend of minimalist prose by writers in the younger-than-30 set.
Feb. 26, 1989
Lifestyle
A senator’s mistake costs him the Democratic presidential nomination and leaves his supporters morally compromised in this ambitious novel.
June 22, 2008
This collection of four long stories, or short novellas, brings to mind D.H.
Feb. 21, 1994
Emperor of the Air by Ethan Canin (Houghton Mifflin: $15.95; 179 pages) “Emperor of the Air,” Ethan Canin’s first collection of short stories, is a series of shots that find their target with devastating accuracy and frequent grace.
Feb. 3, 1988
“Blue River,” Ethan Canin’s first novel, is a spare, lyric tale of betrayal.
Nov. 3, 1991
America America A Novel Ethan Canin Random House: 466 pp., $27
Unlike His Prosaic Characters, Ethan Canin Travels an Uncommon Path
Nov. 18, 1998