NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE, ELLE, AND ELECTRIC LITERATURE "Hypnotic...a haunting romance about desire, obsession, and ambition that is sure to get your heart rate up." —Time Magazine "R.O. Kwon’s Exhibit is, hands down, the sexiest novel of the year." —Vogue "A highly sensory experience...lingers like a mysterious, multihued bruise." —The New York Times "One of the most buzzed-about books of the year…fiery, sexual, and undeniably original." —Poets & Writers From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between her desires and her life. At a lavish party in the hills outside of San Francisco, Jin Han meets Lidija Jung and nothing will ever be the same for either woman. A brilliant young photographer, Jin is at a crossroads in her work, in her marriage to her college love Philip, and in who she is and who she wants to be. Lidija is an alluring, injured world-class ballerina on hiatus from her ballet company under mysterious circumstances. Drawn to each other by their intense artistic drives, the two women talk all night. Cracked open, Jin finds herself telling Lidija about an old familial curse, breaking a lifelong promise. She's been told that if she doesn’t keep the curse a secret, she risks losing everything; death and ruin could lie ahead. As Jin and Lidija become more entangled, they realize they share more than the ferocity of their ambition, and begin to explore hidden desires. Something is ignited in Jin: her art, her body, and her sense of self irrevocably changed. But can she avoid the specter of the curse? Vital, bold, powerful, and deeply moving, Exhibit asks: how brightly can you burn before you light your life on fire?

Now a National Bestseller "Religion, politics, and love collide in this slim but powerful novel reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, with menace and mystery lurking in every corner." --People Magazine "The most buzzed-about debut of the summer, as it should be...unusual and enticing ... The Incendiaries arrives at precisely the right moment." --The Washington Post "Radiant...A dark, absorbing story of how first love can be as intoxicating and dangerous as religious fundamentalism." --New York Times Book Review A powerful, darkly glittering novel of violence, love, faith, and loss, as a young woman at an elite American university is drawn into a cult's acts of terrorism. Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet in their first month at prestigious Edwards University. Phoebe is a glamorous girl who doesn't tell anyone she blames herself for her mother's recent death. Will is a misfit scholarship boy who transfers to Edwards from Bible college, waiting tables to get by. What he knows for sure is that he loves Phoebe. Grieving and guilt-ridden, Phoebe is drawn into a secretive cult founded by a charismatic former student with an enigmatic past. When the group commits a violent act in the name of faith, Will finds himself struggling to confront a new version of the fanaticism he's worked so hard to escape. Haunting and intense, The Incendiaries is a fractured love story that explores what can befall those who lose what they love most.

'This anthology of literary fiction features an all-star ensemble' Cosmopolitan 'A reflective and must-read collection' Stylist Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, and more. Kink is a dynamic anthology of literary fiction that opens an imaginative door into the world of desire. The stories within this collection portray love, desire, BDSM, and sexual kinks in all their glory with a bold new vision. The collection includes works by renowned fiction writers such as Callum Angus, Alexander Chee, Vanessa Clark, Melissa Febos, Kim Fu, Roxane Gay, Cara Hoffman, Zeyn Joukhadar, Chris Kraus, Carmen Maria Machado, Peter Mountford, Larissa Pham, and Brandon Taylor, with Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon as editors. The stories within explore bondage, power-play, and submissive-dominant relationships; we are taken to private estates, therapists' offices, underground sex clubs, private estates, and even a Victorian-era sex theater. While there are whips and chains, sure, the true power of these stories lies in their beautiful, moving dispatches from across the sexual spectrum of interest and desires, as portrayed by some of today's most exciting writers.

Will e Phoebe si incontrano al college e subito si amano di un amore complice e sensuale che sembra saper colmare i loro vuoti. Will è un ragazzo serio che evita ogni distrazione, ma la perdita della fede ha lasciato in lui «un buco a forma di Dio». Phoebe al contrario è affascinante e disinvolta, e passa da una festa all'altra per nascondere il senso di colpa per la morte della madre. Nelle crepe del loro passato s'insinua John Leal, un predicatore scalzo che avvicina «discepoli» da convertire. Come in ogni battaglia d'amore, la posta in gioco è la loro stessa anima. «La prosa di Kwon definisce un mondo e poi si fa da parte per lasciare che sia il mistero ad abitarlo». «The New Yorker» «Questo romanzo è elettrico, qualcosa di nuovo nel firmamento. Tutti dovrebbero leggerlo». Garth Greenwell

Een krachtige, donker glanzende roman vol geweld en liefde, geloof en verlies, over een jonge vrouw aan een Amerikaanse universiteit, die betrokken raakt bij een sekte met terroristische daden. Rouw drijft ons naar religie, maar wat als dat geloof verandert in iets monsterlijks? Als Phoebe en Will elkaar ontmoeten op een elitaire Amerikaanse universiteit krijgen ze al snel een relatie. Beiden kampen met een groot gemis: Phoebe geeft zichzelf de schuld van het fatale auto-ongeluk van haar moeder, terwijl Will worstelt met de leegte die hij voelt nadat hij afstand nam van zijn geloof. Gekweld door haar verlies en schuldvoelens sluit Phoebe zich aan bij een religieuze groepering op de campus, geleid door een charismatische oud-student met een twijfelachtig verleden en radicale opvattingen. Als de groep een aanslag pleegt en Phoebe verdwijnt, stelt Will alles in het werk om te achterhalen wat er gebeurd is. * Vuurgeesten gaat over de verleidelijke en gevaarlijke plekken waar we naar afdrijven als verlies ons doet wankelen. In oogverblindend, acrobatisch proza, verkent Kwon de grenzen tussen geloof en fanatisme, liefde en geweld, het rationele en het onbekende. – Celeste Ng * Spannend, angstaanjagend en diep ontroerend; een juweel van een boek. Het beste dat ik in lange tijd gelezen heb. Kwon heeft haar naam gevestigd. – Michael Cunningham * Stralende debuutroman... Ja, het boek gaat over extremisme, maar het is voor iedereen die ooit in de ban is geweest van een ander. – The New York Times Book Review * Religie, politiek en liefde botsen in deze krachtige roman die doet denken aan Donna Tartt, waarin dreiging en mysterie overal op de loer liggen. – People Magazine * Een verbijsterend zelfverzekerd geschreven boek van een belangrijke nieuwe auteur. – The Guardian

Als zijn half-Koreaanse vriendin de hoofdverdachte van een bomaanslag door een sekte wordt, probeert een student aan een prestigieuze universiteit hiervan de reden te achterhalen.