From the up-and-coming young American writer who has contributed to McSweeney's and written for the New Yorker comes a masterful collection of short stories that has already received rave reviews from many of the most prominent writers working today. Some of the stories are comic masterpieces, some embody as dark a vision of the universe as you are likely to encounter, and all of them showcase a writer grappling with the great questions of modern life.
It takes an exceptional combination of moral humility and moral assurance to integrate fine-grained comedy and large-scale tragedy as daringly as Nathan Englander does. His writing is liberal in every good sense of the word. -- Jonathan Franzen Pre-publication praise Nathan Englander's new collection of stories tell the tangled truth of life, in prose that, as ever, surprises the reader with its gnarled beauty. One need look no further than 'Free Fruit for Young Widows' and 'Sister Hills' to find certifiable masterpieces of contemporary short story art. -- Michael Chabon Pre-publication praise Nathan Englander is one of those rare writers who, like Faulkner, manages to make his seemingly obsessive, insular concerns all the more universal for their specificity. It's this neat trick, I think that makes the stories in his new collection so utterly haunting -- Richard Russo Pre-publication praise Nathan Englander is a master of the short story and one of the great voices of our time. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank showcases Englander's comic genius and lacerating vision of human nature as never before, in stories that are audacious, expertly crafted, and often unforgettably beautiful. The best work yet from a true American treasure -- Gary Shteyngart Pre-publication praise What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank is Nathan Englander's wisest, funniest, bravest and most beautiful book. It overflows with revelations and gems -- Jonathan Safran Foer Pre-publication praise Nathan Englander's elegant, inquisitive, and hilarious fictions are a working definition of what the modern short story can do -- Jonathan Lethem Pre-publication praise Nathan Englander is one of our most consistently brilliant, bold and funny writers-that part isn't really in doubt-but the depth of his feeling is the thing that separates him from just about everyone. You can hear his heart thumping feverishly on every page. And his stories are perhaps the most ideal vessel for his gifts -- Dave Eggers Pre-publication praise This collection is a jolt of electricity through the heart, the head, the whole body nation. Here is a latitude of exquisitely-wrought prose. Courageous and provocative. Edgy and timeless. In Englander's hands, story-telling is a transformative act. Put him alongside Singer, Carver and Munro. Englander is, quite simply, one of the very best we have -- Colum McCann Pre-publication praise Nathan Englander writes the stories I am always hoping for, searching for. These are stories that transport you into other lives, other dreams. This is deft, engrossing, deeply satisfying work. Englander is, to me, the modern master of the form. And this collection is the very best of the best -- Geraldine Brooks Pre-publication praise What We Talk About When We Talk About Ann Frank vividly displays the humor, complexity, and edge that we've come to expect from Nathan Englander's fiction--always animated by a deep, vibrant core of historical resonance -- Jennifer Egan Pre-publication praise
Commended for Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2012.
Title: What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank
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By (author)
Nathan Englander
ISBN 13: 9780297867692
ISBN 10: 0297867695
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication Date: 28/02/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
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BIC Subjects:
Modern fiction
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Dewey Classification:
813.6
(DC23)
Format: Hardback
Pages: 288
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Thickness: 22mm
Weight: 352g