A haunting story of the power of death, the pain of loss, and the possibility of hope in a time of war
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Winner of the 2004 Michigan Literary Fiction Award for novel



A haunting story of the power of death, the pain of loss, and the possibility of hope.



"Gripping, damning, and transfixing."

—-Entertainment Weekly



" . . . possesses a time-bending gravity. . . . [A] small classic of graceful language and earned emotion."

—-San Francisco Chronicle



". . . a beautifully written novel of war and the wrenching grief and unanswerable questions it leaves in its wake. . . . A Century of November is full of precise, startling imagery and elegant, richly poetic description—-Wetherell seems genuinely incapable of writing a lazy sentence—-and this last section of the novel is as surreal, hypnotic and harrowing as any literature in recent memory. The whole thing, in fact, is a jewel, an unforgettable historical novel that Wetherell has carefully (and artfully) seeded with loads of contemporary resonance." —-Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)



"A poignant, probing story. . . . Wetherell's prose and character writing are unflinching . . . [and his] take on a parent's anguish is deeply moving."

—-Publishers Weekly



"A timely reminder of the devastation of mortal combat. . . ."

—-Atlanta Journal-Constitution