Luminous Airplanes

Paul La Farge is the author of two novels: The Artist of the Missing (FSG, 1999) and Haussmann, or the Distinction (FSG, 2001); and a book of imaginary dreams, The Facts of Winter. His short stories have appeared in McSweeney's, Harper's Magazine, Fence, Conjunctions, and elsewhere. His nonfiction appears in The Believer, Bookforum, Playboy, and Cabinet. He lives in upstate New York.

"One of the best works of fiction to come my way in a long time." Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story "Brilliant, poignant, startling, hilarious, and a really, really fun read." Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! "The book is beautiful" The Economist

"This is one of the best works of fiction to come my way in a long time. Paul La Farge writes beautifully, with wit, humor and passion!Luminous Airplanes is a quiet triumph of a book." Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story "Like some kind of freakishly gifted Olympic ice skater, Paul La Farge skates gracefully through decades of time, tracing the through lines from childhood games to the dramas and disintegrating dreams of adulthood!Luminous Airplanes is brilliant, poignant, startling, hilarious, and a really, really fun read. I loved it." Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! "The book is beautiful" The Economist "La Farge tells his tale of homecoming compassionately but without sentimentality ! La Farge encourages his readers to search the sky for the signs that herald the return of loved ones we've lost." Time Out New York

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"Luminous Airplanes" has a singular form: the novel, complete in itself, is accompanied by an online immersive text, which continues the story and complements it. Nearly 10 years in the making, La Farge's ambitious new work considers large worlds and small ones, love, memory, family, flying machines, dance music, and the end of the world.