Everything Is Borrowed

Acclaimed architect Nicholas Moscowitz lands a major commission, but his drive suddenly falters. The site of the new project awakens guilty memories, and when he digs into the place s history, he uncovers a 19th-century Moskowitz whose life offers strange parallels to his own. As Nicholas grows obsessed with this shadow man, the dual narratives of Moskowitz and Moscowitz, the city s past and present, blend in unexpected and poignant ways. Ultimately Nicholas must face certain truths that don t change over time and use them to rebuild his own life.

Novelist, essayist, editor, documentary writer, and critic, NATHANIEL POPKIN is the author of six books and co-editor of the anthology Who Will Speak for America?