Ghosts of Bergen County

Casting himself as

both subject and observer, Frisch reflects on his marriages, children, friendships,

and careers; a holiday weekend in Long Island is a trigger to recount and

question events and aspects of his own life, along with creeping fears of

mortality. He paints a bittersweet portrait that is sometimes painful and

sometimes humorous, but always affecting. 

Emotionally raw and formally innovative, Frisch’s novel collapses the

distinction between art and life, but leaves the reader with a richer

understanding of both.