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Ben Arkin, patriarch of the family, is an artist who has never sold a piece. His children, Sondra, Doris, and Oliver run a record label that has never produced a hit, and that Ben and his wife have bankrolled. When Doris strikes out to form her own label, Sondra sues the entire Arkin family, setting about a series of events that ultimately lead to their demise. The story is told primarily from the perspective of Oliver’s daughter, Rebecca, an attorney who might be the only redeeming member of the Arkin family. Rebecca attempts to keep the family from collapsing, while trying desperately to extricate herself from their grasp.
Price: $26.95
Pages: 232
Publisher: Dzanc Books
Imprint: Dzanc Books
Publication Date:
06 September 2016
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781941088296
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
“Ark is an engaging and entertaining novel, and an insightful take on just how easy it can be to slip from the upper class.”
—The New York Times
"Tepper has earned comparisons ranging from Shakespeare to Wes Anderson, and throughout Ark one sees a dash of Royal Tenenbaum here, a hint of Goneril and Regan there."
—The Rumpus
“A novel about death, greed, family rivalry, and art, with Ark, Julian Tepper emerges as a modern hybrid of Phillip Roth and Saul Bellow.”
—Philipp Meyer, author of American Rust and The Son
“With Ark, Tepper continues to cast his wonderfully cold eye and yet warm heart to the world that is wealthy New York, specifically the Arkin clan, and brings to life a world and family that is both charming and despicable. He captures the savagery and delicacy of love, the cynicism and romanticism of the Art world, and the spiraling nature of life in general. It's a heartbreaking, amusing read, reminding most of the films of Whit Stillman.”
—Paula Bomer, author of Inside Madeleine
“King Lear via Philip Roth. Julian Tepper writes wonderfully about all his conflicted characters.”
—Teddy Wayne, author of Loser
—The New York Times
"Tepper has earned comparisons ranging from Shakespeare to Wes Anderson, and throughout Ark one sees a dash of Royal Tenenbaum here, a hint of Goneril and Regan there."
—The Rumpus
“A novel about death, greed, family rivalry, and art, with Ark, Julian Tepper emerges as a modern hybrid of Phillip Roth and Saul Bellow.”
—Philipp Meyer, author of American Rust and The Son
“With Ark, Tepper continues to cast his wonderfully cold eye and yet warm heart to the world that is wealthy New York, specifically the Arkin clan, and brings to life a world and family that is both charming and despicable. He captures the savagery and delicacy of love, the cynicism and romanticism of the Art world, and the spiraling nature of life in general. It's a heartbreaking, amusing read, reminding most of the films of Whit Stillman.”
—Paula Bomer, author of Inside Madeleine
“King Lear via Philip Roth. Julian Tepper writes wonderfully about all his conflicted characters.”
—Teddy Wayne, author of Loser
Julian Tepper is an American author, born in New York City, who has written two novels. For five years, between 2001-2006, he was a member of the music group, the Natural History; their song "Don’t You Ever", was covered and made a hit by the band, Spoon, in 2006. In 2011, he co-founded the Oracle Club, an arts club, in New York City. His first novel, Balls, was published in 2012. Ark is his second novel. He was raised in Manhattan.