Books written by Peter Rock

  • Obesity and Sleep Apnea
    Obesity and Sleep Apnea

    Obesity and Sleep Apnea

  • Pre-Operative Management of the Patient with Chronic Disease, An Issue of Medical Clinics,
    Pre-Operative Management of the Patient with Chronic Disease, An Issue of Medical Clinics,

    Weitz, J. I., Eikelboom, J. W.,Samama,M.M. New antithromboticdrugs. Chest. 2012; 141:e120s–e151s. 25. Chassot, P. G., Delabays, A., Spahn, D. R. Perioperative antiplatelet therapy: thecasefor continuing therapy for patientsat risk for ...

  • My Abandonment
    My Abandonment

    Living with her father in a nature preserve in Portland, Oregon, thirteen-year-old Caroline only merges with the civilized world once a week when they go into the city, but an encounter with a backcountry jogger derails their entire ...

  • The Shelter Cycle
    The Shelter Cycle

    Rock's rendering of place is, as usual, flawless. He knows terrain so well, both geographical and human, where we hide and where we can be found. The writing is fierce, smart, and moving. This is the real deal.

  • The Night Swimmers
    The Night Swimmers

    “Swimming at night, to compare its slipperiness to that of a dream would be to ignore the work of staying afloat, the mesmerism brought on by the rhythm, the repetition of the strokes.” Beneath the surface of Lake Michigan there are ...

  • Klickitat
    Klickitat

    Klickitat is a haunting story, full of atmosphere and awakening, crafted by one of today's most startling literary talents.

  • The Night Swimmers
    The Night Swimmers

    Consonant with other Sebaldian re-inventors of autobiographical fiction, this novel is an exploration of unrelenting meaning.

  • My Abandonment
    My Abandonment

    Told through the startlingly sincere voice of its young narrator, My Abandonment is a riveting journey into life at the margins and a mesmerizing tale of survival and hope.

  • My Abandonment: Now a major film, ‘Leave No Trace', directed by Debra Granik ('Winter's Bone')
    My Abandonment: Now a major film, ‘Leave No Trace', directed by Debra Granik ('Winter's Bone')

    Fascinating and moving, it tells with great tenderness how human love goes wrong' Ursula K. Le Guin 'The recent novel I recommend most . . . a short, disciplined, unsettling book' Hanya Yanagihara Thirteen-year-old Caroline and her father ...

  • My Abandonment (Tie-In): Now a Major Film
    My Abandonment (Tie-In): Now a Major Film

    . . My Abandonment lingers in the mind, leaving you as haunted as its mesmerizing characters."--New York Post "This is probably the recent novel I recommend most... a] short, disciplined, unsettling book.

  • The Unsettling: Stories
    The Unsettling: Stories

    Told through Rock's imaginative and wholly original voice, these are haunted tales about fascination, transformation, and the relationship between the two.