Audrey recommends: I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
Genre: Science fiction
Reading level: Adult
Summary: A futuristic folk tale about a man on a mythological quest across Lake Superior.
Audrey says: I loved reading Rainy’s enthusiastic first-person narration and its unique use of language, and meeting all the charming characters that inhabit this not-too-distant America. Enger’s writing fully inhabits a world that is familiar and yet unfamiliar, and maintains a folkloric quality that resembles an oral tradition tale like The Odyssey or Beowulf.
This title is available at Foster Public Library.
