This moving drama examines life on the brink of death in what may be a last year’s journey of self-discovery. Maury Samuel’s sensitive portrayal of a gravely ill woman in One Year and One Day will make the healthy stop and ponder the prospect of dying. Wisely avoiding clichés associated with the stereotypical bucket-list escapade, Samuel depicts his heroine with touching care, revealing her positive qualities as well as her weaknesses.

 

One Year and One Day is Maury Samuel’s fiction debut. This outstanding novel is an appealing mix of literary realism and modern romance, a cross-genre hybrid that will capture a mainstream audience along with discriminating individuals seeking an experimental angle on the familiar theme of mortality.