M. Allen Cunningham’s latest novel is Lost Son, based on the life and work of the great Rainer Maria Rilke, author of “Letters to a Young Poet” and “Duino Elegies.”

“How wonderful to open a novel by an author you do not know, and to feel gradually, in joy and astonishment, the magic of Rilke reach out from every page. Lost Son is at once a subtle and signal imaginative achievement, putting readers on notice: an extraordinary talent has come upon the scene.”—Ihab Hassan

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lost son & rainer maria rilke...

 

Read about the famous poet and how Cunningham came to write Lost Son. ...

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Cunningham’s debut novel, The Green Age of Asher Witherow, appeared in 2004 and was selected as a #1 Book Sense Pick by booksellers nationwide. It is the gothic tale of a young soul coming of age during the boom and bust years of an immigrant coal-mining town in nineteenth-century California.

Both titles are available in bookstores and libraries everywhere. Visit the novels page for more about the books. 

You can also read a bit from each novel (or listen to part of Lost Son) on the excerpts page.