Amherst Books

Acclaimed novelist John Crowley will read from his new book, Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr.   Crowley, who is author of numerous novels, including The Translator, Lord Byron’s Novel: The Evening Land, Four Freedoms, an edition of The Chemical Wedding: by Christian Rosencreutz: A Romance in Eight Days, Little, Big, which received the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel & has been called “a neglected masterpiece” by Harold Bloom, & his Ægypt series of novels which revolve around the themes of Hermeticism, memory, families & religion.   Ka tells the story of the first Crow in all of history with a name of his own, born two thousand years ago & through his adventures in Ka, the realm of Crows, & around the world, found secrets that could change the humans’ entire way of life— & now may be the time to finally reveal them.