You Are Not a Stranger Here - Hardcover

Haslett, Adam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385509529 ISBN 13: 9780385509527

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2002

Synopsis

A collection of short stories features characters confronting the concerns of both classic literature and contemporary life, from an aging inventor who visits his gay son to an orphaned boy who finds solace in a classmate's violence.

About this title

Review:

"Adam Haslett is a wonderful rarity. You're likely not only to love his stories but to feel stronger for having read them" (Jonathan Franzen, author of 'The Corrections')

"Adam Haslett possesses the rare ability to combine powerful narrative with sensitive and perceptive observations of people and places. You Are Not a Stranger Here is a brilliant beginning to a literary career" (Barry Unsworth)

"Adam Haslett's tone is one of delicate, understated heartache... He never lets the reader forget that he is shining an unflinching light on those types of human suffering that cannot be cured, only endured" (Sunday Times)

"Enormously moving... Haslett's writing is harrowing, morbidly funny and deeply erotic" (Independent on Sunday)

"Adam Haslett arrives from out of nowhere sounding like a master" (Jay McInerney)

From the Publisher:

A superlative collection of stories by one of the most highly praised new writers in the USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0385509529
• ISBN 13: 9780385509527
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1