FICTION
Released: July 5, 2011
"An unapologetic love letter to a culture of many colors."
A gifted Bulgarian writer explores the history of his country in eight sharp, heartfelt stories about home.
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FICTION
Released: April 15, 2011
"Touching, tender and true--short fiction nearly as rich and satisfying as Packer's two fine novels (Songs Without Words, 2007, etc.)."
A novella and five stories limn with acuity and empathy the intricate negotiations and painful losses of family life.
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FICTION
Released: March 25, 2011
"The narrator of one story in this collection writes that, when the weather rages, communication is "reduced to hand signals with mittens." Some of this writing feels like that."
A story collection of expansive postmodernism that combines bursts of humor with flashes of tragedy.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 14, 2010
"Further proof that Li deserves to be considered among the best living fiction writers."
A stellar assortment of stories about struggles to escape and connect in contemporary China.
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FICTION
Released: July 1, 2010
"Doerr (Four Seasons in Rome, 2007, etc.) moves the reader gracefully from place to place (the stories span four continents), from incident to incident, and from memorable character to memorable character by focusing on small acts that have larger resonances. "
A collection of six stories--at least one long enough to be considered a novella--that illustrate Doerr's sparse style, command of language and mastery of characterization.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 17, 2009
"Until the next Munro collection."
Every story collection from Canada's Alice Munro receives such critical plaudits that it's tempting for reviewers to recycle superlatives and readers to take her for granted.
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