The Diversโ Game is a thinly veiled description of our society, an extreme case that demonstrates a truth: we must change or our world will collapse.
What is the effect of constant fear on a life, or on a culture? The Diversโ Game explores the consequences of violence through two festivals, and through the dramatic and excruciating examination of a womanโs final moments.
Brilliantly constructed and achingly tender,ย The Diversโ Game shatters the notion of common decency as the binding agent between individuals, forcing us to consider whether compassion is intrinsic to the human experience. With his signature empathy and ingenuity, Jesse Ballโs latest work solidifies his reputation as one of contemporary fictionโs most mesmerizing talents.
Jesse Ball is the author of fifteen books, and his works have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He is on the faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a winner of The Paris Reviewโs Plimpton Prize for Fiction and the Gordon Burn Prize, and was long-listed for the National Book Award.