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The discovery of a murdered man in a bathrobe by the side of a road, the destruction of a town's historic City Hall building, and the recollection of a cruel wartime decision are equally affecting in Orner's vivid and intimate gaze. The first half of the book concerns the lives of unrelated strangers across the American landscape, and the second introduces two very different Jewish families, one on the East Coast, the other in the Midwest. Yet Orner's real territory is memory, and this book of wide-ranging and innovative stories remains an important and unique contribution to the art of the American short story.
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“Short story-maestro Peter Orner has a reputation as a writer’s writer who hasn’t caught on with mainstream audiences. (His 34-story debut collection is the first I’ve read.) He’s hard to pin down. His blue-collar heroes put him squarely in Carver territory. A section on a Jewish couple in suburban Massachusetts feels like a cross between Updike & Roth. Not to say he’s derivative. He has his own spare style that takes us inside the heads of WWII vets, disappointed daughters & even mad Edgar Allan Poe impersonators. Some stories linger in your memory. Some disappear before you’ve turned the page.”
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About Peter Orner
Peter Orner is the author of three widely praised books, Esther Stories and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, and Love and Shame and Love. His work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and The Best American Short Stories, and has been awarded two Pushcart Prizes. A former Guggenheim Fellow, Orner is now a faculty member at San Francisco State University.
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