The stories in this collection capture the immigrant experience with serious wit, while evoking boyhood and youth, and the battle for selfhood in a passionately loving Jewish family.

Set amid Indian reservations, uranium mills, and other locations across the American Southwest, these twelve stories by the author of Yellowcake—chosen as one of the best books of the year by Kirkus Reviews—create a kaleidoscopic view ...

"Quando Montalbano incornava su una cosa, non c'erano santi.

In 2004 schreef het internettijdschrift De recensent: ¿De lezers mogen blij zijn dat David Sedaris geen eenzame wees is.

I don’t ask for much, and I sure didn’t ask for talking cats.

Disfigured in battle against Napoleon's forces, Captain Graham Veall has become a recluse, spending months alone on his estate and appearing masked in public.

As this book is about long stories gotten short, mostly for economic reasons, it contains exactly one hundred one words (on each one). For how many quotidian stories we may find throughout the world?

"These nine ... stories, all set in and around Cape Canaveral, showcase Patrick Ryan's ... understanding of regret and hope, relationships and family, and the universal longing for love"--Amazon.com.

"The best pics are those which you probably can’t upload on Facebook.