A short-story collection from the acclaimed author of The Great Believers
Named a must-read by the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and The L Magazine Rebecca Makkai’s first two novels, The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House, have established her as one of the freshest and most imaginative voices in fiction. Now, the award-winning writer, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of The Best American Short Stories, returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence, wit, and heart. A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love, even as her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young boy has a revelation about his father’s past when a renowned Romanian violinist plays a concert in their home. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith. In an unnamed country, a composer records the folk songs of two women from a village on the brink of destruction. These transporting, deeply moving stories–some inspired by her own family history–amply demonstrate Makkai’s extraordinary range as a storyteller, and confirm her as a master of the short story form. “Richly imagined.”—Chicago Tribune “Impressive.”
—O, The Oprah Magazine “Engrossing.”
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Inventive.”
—W Magazine
Author: Rebecca Makkai
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 06/07/2016
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780143109235
Language: English
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