 First edition (with LA Times Book Prize finalist sticker) | |
| Author | Pamela Erens |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Michael Marquand |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Ironweed Press |
Publication date | Sept 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 142 |
| ISBN | 1-931336-04-0 |
The Understory is the debut novel by American author Pamela Erens published in 2007 by Ironweed Press, and republished in 2014 by Tin House Books following the success of her second novel, The Virgins. It was a finalist for both the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing fiction prize[1] and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction.[2]
- ^ 2008 fiction finalist | Stanford University Libraries Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Archived 2013-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2015-07-24.