Dreams Under Glass

Anca L. Szilágyi is the author of Daughters of the Air, which Shelf Awareness called “a striking debut from a writer to watch” and Dreams Under Glass, which Buzzfeed Books called “a novel for our modern times.” Her writing appears in Orion Magazine, Fairy Tale Review, and Newsweek, among other publications, and has been listed as notable in Best American Essays 2023. She is the recipient of fellowships and awards from Made at Hugo House, Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4Culture, Artist Trust, and Vermont Studio Center. Originally from Brooklyn, she has lived in Montreal, Seattle, and now Chicago, where she teaches creative writing.

“A darkly delicious exploration of modern entrapment, Dreams Under Glassis both a coming-of-age novel and a horror story about gluttony, greed,and art. Szilágyi binds the spell with confectionery precision and a collector's sense of wonder and ceaseless want. This book rattles with its refraction of a world in which telling the truth might be the most difficult art.”—Nancy Jooyoun Kim, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee“It’sSzilágyi doing what she does best: sublime language laced with stunningly original imagery and mordant wit.”—Kris Waldherr, bestsellingauthor of The Lost History of Dreams and Unnatural Creatures“Szilágyi’ssharp, wry prose captures millennial ennui and ambition alike in this sometimes-dark, sometimes electric, completely fascinating novel.”—Sonora Jha, author of Foreign and How to Raise a Feminist Son“Dreams Under Glass. . . is a broken glass eye gazing up at you while you stand in cheap heels for too long around people who will never love you.”—Corinne Manning, author of We Had No Rules