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Nathan Englander's new collection proves that he is a true master of the short form. 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.
About the author
Nathan Englander wurde 1970 geboren und wuchs in einer jüdischen Gemeinde in Long Island auf. Er studierte an der Hebrew University in Jerusalem und an der Binghamton Universität Englische Literatur und Jüdische Geschichte. Er arbeitete als Fotograf, Strandreiniger, Schuhverkäufer, Lektoratsassistent und Fremdenführer. Mittlerweile lebt Nathan Englander in Jerusalem und bezeichnet sich selbst als "vollständig weltlich". Für seine Erzählung Zur Linderung unerträglichen Verlangens erhielt er 1997 den Pushcart Prize.
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One of the New Yorker's '20 Writers for the 21st Century'
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Malamud Award, the Sue Kauffman Prize, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Bard Fiction Prize
Gary Shteyngart: 'Nathan Englander is a master of the short story and one of the great voices of our time...The best work yet from a true American treasure'
Jonathan Safran Foer: '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'
Colum McCann: 'This collection is a jolt of electricity through the heart, the head, the whole nation...Put him alongside Singer, Carver and Munro. Englander is, quite simply, one of the very best we have'
Dave Eggers: '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'
