Téa Obreht's most recent novel, Inland, boldly subverts conventional tropes of the American wild west, through the alternating narratives of youthful adventurer, Lurie Mattie, and strong-willed pioneer homesteader, Nora Lark. Through her protagonists' overlapping tales of discovery and hardship in the ever-unknowable plains and desert, Obreht explores the complex nature of human desire, intimacy, and resilience.
