{"id":5104,"date":"2017-03-06T14:42:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T20:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2017-03-06T14:42:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T20:42:57","slug":"unwind-the-mind-with-the-nix-featured-book-for-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2017\/03\/06\/unwind-the-mind-with-the-nix-featured-book-for-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Unwind the Mind with The Nix, Featured Book for March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5106 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/TheNix.jpg?resize=165%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Nix\" width=\"165\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vufind.carli.illinois.edu\/vf-dpu\/Record\/dpu_1223167\"><em>The Nix<\/em><\/a> is author Nathan Hill&#8217;s widely acclaimed first novel. \u00a0In a story that travels from the suburbs of Chicago to New York City, and through Norwegian folktales and obsessive video-gaming, Hill tells a story of the fraught relationship between a son and his mother.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Nix<\/em> is at times sad, dark, but also politically charged\u00a0and funny. \u00a0And, since the main character is a literature professor\u00a0&#8220;at a small university northwest of Chicago,&#8221; you&#8217;ll be sure to find something in here that rings true and makes you smile.<\/p>\n<p>Read reviews of <em>The Nix<\/em> and author interviews:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alter, A. (Aug. 27, 2016). <a href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.depaul.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/lnacui2api\/api\/version1\/getDocCui?lni=5KJN-VB51-DXY4-X04F&amp;csi=6742&amp;hl=t&amp;hv=t&amp;hnsd=f&amp;hns=t&amp;hgn=t&amp;oc=00240&amp;perma=true\">Being Compared to Dickens? O.K. for a First-Time Novelist<\/a>. <em>The New York Times.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Conick, H. (Nov. 25 2016)Nathan Hill on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2016\/11\/25\/an_interview_with_nathan_hill_author_of_the_nix.html\">The Nix, Satirizing the Media, and Capturing the Absurdity of America in Fiction<\/a>. \u00a0<em>Slate.com.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Greenblatt, L. (2016). <a href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.depaul.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=a9h&amp;AN=120090755&amp;site=ehost-live&amp;scope=site\">No. 1 The Nix.<\/a> <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em>, (1444\/1445), 102-103.<\/li>\n<li>Kachka, B. (2016). <a href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.depaul.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=a9h&amp;AN=117614309&amp;site=ehost-live&amp;scope=site\">Nathan Hill<\/a>. <em>New York<\/em>, 49(17), 134.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Come in and Check us Out!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nix is author Nathan Hill&#8217;s widely acclaimed first novel. \u00a0In a story that travels from the suburbs of Chicago to New York City, and through Norwegian folktales and obsessive video-gaming, Hill tells a story of the fraught relationship between a son and his mother. 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