Sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured, The Fortunes recasts American. A challenging work, the novel uses multiple eras to riff on questions of race and belonging. From the author of The Welsh Girl comes a groundbreaking, provocative new novel. He has taught at the University of Oregon, Northwestern and Emory University, and is currently on faculty at the University of Michigan. P eter Ho Davies’ examination of the US in transition spans 150 years from the 1860s to the present. In 2003 Granta magazine named him among its “Best of Young British Novelists.”ĭavies is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts and a winner of the PEN/Malamud and PEN/Macmillan Awards.īorn in Britain to Welsh and Chinese parents, he now makes his home in the US. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories. He has also published two short story collections, The Ugliest House in the World (winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize, and the Oregon Book Award) and Equal Love (finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and a New York Times Notable Book).ĭavies’ work has appeared in Harpers, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, The Guardian, The Washington Post and TLS among others, and been anthologized in Prize Stories: The O. Daviess first novel, The Welsh Girl was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and he was adjudged one of Grantas Best Young British Novelists. His first novel, The Welsh Girl, a London Times Best Seller, was long-listed for the Booker Prize. His previous novel, The Fortunes, a New York Times Notable Book, won the Anisfield-Wolf Award and the Chautauqua Prize, and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. PETER HO DAVIES’s latest book is A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself.

The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies