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Search results: The best new books - Book reviews & excerpts from exceptional short stories and essay collections.
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Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain: Stories
by Lucia Perillo
Hardcover: May 2012
Paperback: 20 May 2013
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| Set in a small town in the Pacific Northwest, Lucia Perillo's story collection is a sharp-edged, witty testament to the ambivalence of emotions, the way they pull in directions that often cancel one another out or twist their subjects into knots. |
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Middle Men: Stories
by Jim Gavin
Hardcover: 19 Feb 2013
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| Middle Men brings to life a series of unforgettable characters learning what it means to love and work and be in the world as a man |
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Siege 13: Stories
by Tamas Dobozy
Hardcover: 12 Feb 2013
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| From celebrated short-story writer Tamas Dobozy, Siege 13 is a powerful testament to war's ability to carefully and thoroughly decimate the human spirit. |
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Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
by Karen Russell
Hardcover: 12 Feb 2013
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| From the author of the New York Times best seller Swamplandia!—a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—a magical new collection of stories that showcases Karen Russell's gifts at their inimitable best. |
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Tenth of December: Stories
by George Saunders
Hardcover: 8 Jan 2013
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| One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and Tenth of December is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet. |
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Drifting House
by Krys Lee
Hardcover: Feb 2012
Paperback: 24 Dec 2012
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| An unflinching portrayal of the Korean immigrant experience from an extraordinary new talent in fiction. |
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Dear Life: Stories
by Alice Munro
Hardcover: Nov 2012
Paperback: 30 Jul 2013
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| Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these tales about departures and beginnings, accidents and dangers, and outgoings and homecomings both imagined and real, paint a radiant, indelible portrait of how strange, perilous, and extraordinary ordinary life can be. |
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Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
by Megan Mayhew Bergman
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 6 Nov 2012
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| A heartwarming and hugely appealing debut collection that explores the way our choices and relationships are shaped by the menace and beauty of the natural world. |
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