Dixon, Descending
by
Karen Outen
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0593473477
ISBN-13
9780593473474
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint
Dutton / Signet
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 4th, 2025
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
240 grams
Dimensions
13.20 x 20.10 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
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Finalist for the Ernest J. Gaines Award
Finalist for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Prize
Longlisted for the Crook''s Corner Book Prize
“Compelling.”—The Boston Globe
“Poignant…heartbreaking.”—The Christian Science Monitor
“This one hits hard.”—Publishers Weekly
When Nate suggests that they attempt to be the first Black American men to summit Mount Everest, his younger brother Dixon can’t refuse. The two are determined to prove something—to themselves and to each other.
Dixon interrupts his orderly life as a school psychologist, leaving behind disapproving friends, family, and one particularly fragile student. Once on the mountain, Nate and Dixon are met with extreme weather conditions, oxygen deprivation, and precarious terrain. But as much as they’ve prepared for this, Mt. Everest is always fickle. And in one devastating moment, Dixon’s world is upended.
Dixon returns home and attempts to resume his job, but things have shifted: for him and for the students he left behind. Ultimately, Dixon must confront the truth of what happened on the mountain and come to terms with who can and cannot be saved. Dixon, Descending offers us a captivating, shattering portrait of the ways we’re reshaped by our decisions—and what it takes to angle ourselves, once again, toward hope.
“Outen understands first-class human drama.”
—Gabriel Bump, author of The New Naturals
“The most engulfing, transporting, deeply humane novel I’ve read in ten years.”
—Monica Wood, author of How to Read a Book
Finalist for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Prize
Longlisted for the Crook''s Corner Book Prize
“Compelling.”—The Boston Globe
“Poignant…heartbreaking.”—The Christian Science Monitor
“This one hits hard.”—Publishers Weekly
When Nate suggests that they attempt to be the first Black American men to summit Mount Everest, his younger brother Dixon can’t refuse. The two are determined to prove something—to themselves and to each other.
Dixon interrupts his orderly life as a school psychologist, leaving behind disapproving friends, family, and one particularly fragile student. Once on the mountain, Nate and Dixon are met with extreme weather conditions, oxygen deprivation, and precarious terrain. But as much as they’ve prepared for this, Mt. Everest is always fickle. And in one devastating moment, Dixon’s world is upended.
Dixon returns home and attempts to resume his job, but things have shifted: for him and for the students he left behind. Ultimately, Dixon must confront the truth of what happened on the mountain and come to terms with who can and cannot be saved. Dixon, Descending offers us a captivating, shattering portrait of the ways we’re reshaped by our decisions—and what it takes to angle ourselves, once again, toward hope.
“Outen understands first-class human drama.”
—Gabriel Bump, author of The New Naturals
“The most engulfing, transporting, deeply humane novel I’ve read in ten years.”
—Monica Wood, author of How to Read a Book
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