An Evening with Robbie Arnott with Jeff VanderMeer: The Rain Heron

Award-winning writer Arnott’s second novel – an astounding, mythical exploration of human resilience, female friendship, and humankind’s precarious relationship to nature – sews magic into reality with a steady, confident hand in a gripping tale of myth, environment, adventure, and unlikely friendship. Bubbling with imagination and ambition, the fable-like story of a reclusive woman and the soldier who enters her remote, war-torn orbit unfolds with an unblinking eye on violence, self-awareness, and redemption. VanderMeer, author of the New York Times bestselling Southern Reach trilogy, leads the discussion.

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