Retrieved November 16, 2021.An Instant New York Times bestseller / An Oprah’s Book Club Pick ^ "Booker Prize 2021: Former winner Kazuo Ishiguro makes longlist"."Under-represented voices dominate the 2022 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist". "Author Nathan Harris earns Gaines Award for debut novel". "Barack Obama Has Shared His Annual Summer Reading List". "Oprah Winfrey picks Emancipation-era novel 'The Sweetness of Water' for book club". "Winfrey's new book pick is novel 'The Sweetness of Water' ". "Filling in the Past: On Nathan Harris's 'The Sweetness of Water' ". ^ "The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris"."What Does Freedom Mean? A Debut Novel Is Asking". ^ a b c Houston, Henry (July 22, 2021)."Set After the Civil War, 'The Sweetness of Water' Is Eerily Relevant". It was also shortlisted for the 2022 Dylan Thomas Prize, and longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. The novel became a bestseller and was awarded the 2021 Ernest J. It was also chosen by Barack Obama as part of his 2021 summer reading list. It received positive reviews from critics and was selected by Oprah Winfrey as part of Oprah's Book Club on June 15, 2021. It was simultaneously published by Tinder Press in the United Kingdom. His debut novel, The Sweetness of Water, was published by Little, Brown and Company on June 15, 2021. During his third year of the program, Harris secured a literary agent, Emily Forland at Brandt & Hochman, who sent his manuscript to editors in June 2019. Harris finished the novel while as a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers. Between 20, Harris worked on writing a novel in the mornings and evenings between his afternoon work. He worked a number of jobs, including food delivery for Postmates and legal assistant work for his mother who is an attorney. Background Īfter graduating from the University of Oregon, Nathan Harris moved to San Francisco. The novel also features a parallel narrative following the taboo romance between two gay male Confederate soldiers. The story follows two Black brothers, Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, as they try to make money for their trek north to reunite with their mother. The Sweetness of Water is set in the fictional town of Old Ox, Georgia, during the final period of the Civil War. It was longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. It was published by Little, Brown and Company on June 15, 2021. The Sweetness of Water is the debut novel by American novelist Nathan Harris.
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