A Violet Light

"Charlie Kaufmanesque and BRILLIANT!" Eleni Schirmer, bylines in NEW YORK TIMES and NEW YORKER


After pulling himself out of a frozen lake, Adrian stumbles into town. What begins as a lively dinner conversation with a new friend becomes a meditation on mortality—with a final twist that changes everything.


"What a beauty of a book… " Vanessa Sasson, author of Yasodhara and the Buddha

"A masterpiece… one of the better books I've read." Greg Etingin

"A warm hug." Amanda Wolfe

"I read "A Violet Light" in one sitting — I couldn't put it down." Gillian Morantz

"Magical." Cantor Gideon Zelermyer, Grammy Award winner, "You Want it Darker"

"A wondrous ode to friendship, loss, life and what may follow." Eric Siblin, bestselling author of "The Cello Suites"

"Highly imaginative… a potent writing sensibility behind it that will produce many more books." Robert Lecker

"A work of art… a must read." Joshua Brown

"Beautiful and heartbreaking and moving and so smart!" Suzanne Zelazo, author of "Lances All Alike"

"Brilliant!" Arlene McKibbon

"A beautiful story." Anthony Wexler, University Writing Program, Johns Hopkins University

"A MUST read for Leonard Cohen fans." Penni Kolb


What happens to our dead? Is someone looking out for them on the other side? A Violet Light takes up these questions, exposing fiction's power to imagine what might happen to us on the other side of life. A young artist named Adrian finds himself seated at a table with an esteemed guide: the Montreal legend, Leonard Cohen. Together, over the course of a long meal at an idyllic bistro, the artists reflect on the meaning of their lives—the struggle to love, the pursuit of fame, and the pleasure of friendship.