The Travelers

The Travelers is a rare debut that heralds what should be a long and promising career. * Times Literary Supplement *
An astoundingly audacious debut. * Oprah Magazine *
Regina Porter’s sprawling, sparkling debut novel… is an exhilarating ride. Porter is a wickedly astute chronicler of human foibles. In her hands, this series of glimpses feels something like life itself. * Guardian *
Spanning six decades and three continents…[The Travelers] is held together by an elegant web of connections… Porter has a striking habit of telescoping time to chart individual trajectories… The often breathtaking immediacy and assurance of Porter’s prose carries you through. * Daily Mail *
If you’re looking for a poetic, spare, sometimes funny tale of ordinary people pining for meaningful connections — or if you’re someone who wishes Raymond Carver had published a novel — you have arrived. * New York Times *
This kaleidoscopic debut novel… deftly skips back and forth through the decades, sometimes summarizing a life in a few paragraphs, sometimes spending pages on one conversation. As one character observes, “We move in circles in this life.” * New Yorker *
[A] remarkable debut novel… There is a confidence to Porter’s writing that makes it hard to believe that this is her first novel… The Travelers succeeds because Porter is so clear-eyed when documenting human interactions, the mass of particularities amounting to a gloriously and depressingly messy picture of life in America. * Literary Review *
American history comes to vivid, engaging life in this tale of two interconnected families (one white, one black)… the complex, beautifully drawn characters are unique and indelible. * Entertainment Weekly *
A sprawling, ambitious debut … Beautifully written and intricately plotted. * Kirkus *
An absolute wonder of a novel. A sweeping examination of race and class within America’s troubled history. A love letter to fearless women laced with a sharp humour. I’m thrilled by the magnitude, ingenuity and heart of Regina Porter’s daring vision.

Regina Porter is an award-winning playwright and author of The Travelers, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and longlisted for the Orwell Political Fiction Prize. A graduate of the MFA fiction program at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, her writing has been published in the Harvard Review, Tin House and Oxford Review.

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