Reinhardt's Garden

Mark Haber’s 2008 collection of stories, Deathbed Conversions, was translated into Spanish in 2017. He has served as a juror for the National Endowment for the Arts translation grant as well as the Best Translated Book Award. He lives in Houston, Texas, where he is a bookseller and the operations manager of Brazos Bookstore.

Praise for Reinhardt's GardenLonglisted for the 2020 PEN/Hemingway AwardA Texas Observer Best Texas Book of the DecadeA Millions Most Anticipated of 2019“A strange but lavishly imagined tale of a hard-to-describe feeling.” —Kirkus“An exhilarating fever dream about the search for the secret of melancholy. . . . Haber’s dizzying vision dextrously leads readers right into the melancholic heart of darkness.” —Publishers Weekly“Heart of Darkness viewed in a fun house mirror.” —Library Journal“Haber, who has been called 'one of the most influential yet low-key of tastemakers in the book world,' is about to raise it up a level with the debut of his novel.” —The Millions“An enchanting story of satirical wit, dark humor, and luminous creativity. . . . an exhilarating grand adventure of passion, obsession and lunacy.” —The Literary Review“Outstanding . . . the descent into the heart of darkness at the very core of modernity.” —BOMB Magazine“Hilarious and thrilling. . . . this novel may look like something new, but it reads like that timeless treat, a rollicking good yarn.” —The Star Tribune“The cynicism of Haber’s book is tempered with a sweetness that gives it a lovely balance. . . . an innovative piece of fiction.” —The Houston Chronicle“An absurdist delight, a grand adventure of passion and lunacy, a brilliant book about melancholy that is anything but doleful.” —Texas Monthly“There is a strange, beautiful aesthetic in the spun thread of tightly, smoothly laminated prose. . . . to accomplish this art in narration, and Haber has, is masterful, touching on genius.” —Lone Star Literary Life“Written in one long paragraph, this feels more like a long, frantic piano piece, or like cutting through the jungle with a machete, and I recommend it to fearless readers everywhere.” —Fernando A. Flores“In prose as sure as a poison-laced dart, Mark Haber takes the reader on a delirious journey to the heart of melancholy.” —Sjón“Melancholy has never felt more euphoric.” —Hernan Diaz“An adventurous journey into the country of melancholy. A fascinating dissection of human vulnerability.” —Guadalupe Nettel“Reinhardt’s Garden is one of those perfect books that looks small and exotic and melancholic from the outside but, once in, is immense and exultant in the best possible way.” —Rodrigo Fresán