Hannah is a fiercely intelligent young women, daughter of a powerful
family's black sheep son, and raised to question who has been, is, and
will be damaged by business deals meant to protect and maintain the
dynasty. A devastating wrong is done to her when she opposes a family
scheme and her response is a battle cry of astounding violence and
beauty. As haunting as Shelly Jackson or Thomas Bernhard, as enthralling
as Nabokov or Joyce, Leland de la Durantaye's debut novel is a radical
departure from contemporary storytelling. At once the story of a
terrific act of vengeance and of a lifelong love, Hannah versus the Tree
Hannah presents a new literary genre, the mythopoetic thriller.