new book:
(Short story collection from Leapfrog Press, US, Can of Worms Press, UK, and Tantor Audio, March 2021)
Winner, Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize
"From page one, AMPHIBIANS is the work of an extraordinary talent. How shrewd and compelling these stories are, as they range from Maine to New York to Japan to the Emirates and back. Their remarkable gift is to show us – wisely and sharply – the crucial contradictions of feeling in whatever unfolds, from passing encounters to long-held ties."– Joan Silber, PEN/Faulkner and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of IMPROVEMENT
"A compelling, wise and beautiful book. Each location feels prickly and alive, like it might lift off the page." – Ramona Ausubel, author of SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF EASE AND PLENTY, an NPR Best Book of the Year
"Mobility, adaptability and colorful changes are confronted by the girls and women in Lara Tupper's nimble interlinked collection, aptly titled AMPHIBIANS. Although each memorable story easily stands alone, to seek and recognize the deft connections intensifies the reading experience." - Terry Hong, SHELF AWARENESS
"If AMPHIBIANS is the first work by Tupper that readers pick up, it certainly won't be the last." - Annie Roach, YOU JUST HAVE TO READ THIS
"Tupper is akin to Barbara Kingsolver when it comes to stories."– Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, author of QUESTIONS ABOUT HOME
"Like a great journey, this collection will leave you changed." —Porter Fox author of NORTHLAND
"Lara Tupper's OFF ISLAND is a beautiful accomplishment, unlike any other work of fiction I can recall." - Antonya Nelson
"Maine writer Lara Tupper has written a luminous novel, OFF ISLAND, about Gauguin, his (imagined) life and legacy. From music to writing to (writing about) art, Lara Tupper has a unique take on the world. Take a look yourself! – Christina Baker Kline
"Dense with beautiful coastal imagery and thoughtful in its consideration of ill-suited connections...OFF ISLAND...is a novel to savor." - Karen Rigby, FOREWORD REVIEWS
"Masterful and matter-of-fact, Tupper adeptly blends art, character study, and mystery in this compact, elliptical novel." – Peter Turchi
"Lara Tupper's prose shines with the same vibrancy of color that captivated her protagonist [Paul Gauguin]....An elegant investigation of family and art as conflicting forces...an awe-inspiring portrait that readers will be reluctant to leave." - Sara McCrea, YOU JUST HAVE TO READ THIS
"Wonderful and incisive, A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS [is]... a witty, poignant, wholly worthwhile read."— Elizabeth Strout
"Both an off-kilter take on the conventional coming-of-age tale and a sly commentary on the underbelly of celebrity culture, this truly original book is basically uncategorizable—blissfully so." - Elle.com
"This is a moving and accomplished first novel." - Jim Shepard
"A one-of-a-kind book, fascinating and honest." — Joan Silber
"Shrewdly observed." - The Boston Globe
"Add [this] title to your must-read list." -The Sacramento Bee