Fiction: Akashic Books: Nina Revoyr & Abraham Rodriguez

Nina Revoyr was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a Polish-American father, and grew up in Japan, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. She is the author of two previous novels, "The Necessary Hunger" and "Southland," which was a Book Sense 76 pick, won the Ferro Grumley and Lambda Literary Awards, and was one of the Los Angeles Times' "Best Books of 2003." She lives and works in Los Angeles. THE AGE OF DREAMING by Nina Revoyr

"With Nabokov-worthy sentences, characters so real our hearts begin to beat with theirs, and a story as deeply mysterious and riveting as any the Hollywood it conjures up could have created, 'The Age of Dreaming' is a masterpiece of the sort that doesn't just seduce the reader--it leaves you transformed. Possessed of stunning vision and an elegance all her own, Nina Revoyr deserves to be counted among the top ranks of novelists at work today. Film lovers--and lovers of literature--will willingly lose themselves in this haunting, heartfelt epic of race, genius, passion, memory, and a Hollywood few have ever seen before."--Jerry Stahl, author of "I, Fatty" and "Permanent Midnight"
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Abraham Rodriguez was born and raised in the South Bronx. Undistilled noir in the much-anticipated third novel from the American Book Award-winning Bronx native. His first book, The Boy without a Flag, was a 1993 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His novel Spidertown won a 1995 American Book Award and was optioned by Columbia Pictures. His next novel, The Buddha Book, was published by Picador in 2001. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany. He reads from his book: SOUTH BY SOUTH BRONX

"A street poet like Bob Dylan, Abraham Rodriguez has woven a lyrically inventive and sophisticated noir, worthy of the people he champions. Full of unforgettable one liners, South by South Bronx manages to film a neighborhood filled with beauty, danger, and magic. One fearless, hell of a literary mystery novel."
--Ernesto Quinonez, author of Bodega Dreams