What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

Frank O'Connor Award, 2012

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781780222295

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A FRANK O’CONNOR AWARD-winning, simply stunning short-story collection by one of America’s most critically acclaimed young writers.

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.

Reviews

This collection by one of America's best short-story writers displays his inimitable capacity to shock, sadden and simultaneously entertain in his explorations of Jewish history and politics.
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SEVEN Magazine
This collection of short stories is covered with enthusiastic quotes from American literati. "This," you may think, "is either going to be fantastic or hyped nonsense." Thankfully, it's the former.
EMERALD STREET
remarkable precision, agility and depth
BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH
Some of these 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.
GRANTA
Englander has written a fine collection, as intricately patterned across its length as a novel, although its stories are set in various decades and locations... a book of cautious, crafted, crafty stories that catch you off guard again and again.
THE SUNDAY TIMES
The titular story - a twist on Raymond Carver's, of a similar name - jumps from brilliant Woody Allen-esque dialogue and comedy to darkness.
THE INDEPENDENT
A remarkable collection
THE GUARDIAN
Englander deals with powerful questions of morality, history and vengeance.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
few literary works have better demonstrated their veracity lately than this glorious collection
Pankaj Mishra, FINANCIAL TIMES
His stories are moving and thought-provoking, pwerful and hilarious by turns.
NEWBOOKS magazine
An amusing and moving collection.
THE SUNDAY BUSINESS POST