'The End' Is Beginning For First-Time Novelist

Nov 15th, 2008 · When a first-time novelist hears his work compared to Saul Bellow, Virginia Wolfe, William Faulkner, even James Joyce, it must be both gratifying, and daunting. Such is the case with Salvatore Scibona, whose novel The End is a finalist for the National Book Award.

Keywords: novelist · novel · National Book Award · William Faulkner · finalist · Saul Bellow · James Joyce · gratification · Virginia Wolfe · Salvatore Scibona