Awake in the Dark: Stories - Hardcover

Nayman, Shira

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743292685 ISBN 13: 9780743292689

Publisher: Scribner, 2006

Synopsis

"Shira Nayman's stories risk strong emotion and always clear the sentimental. Her sentences have heft and spine and grace, and her vision is clear and generous."

-- Mary Gordon, author of Pearl and Spending

"Shira Nayman's stories risk strong emotion and always clear the sentimental. Her sentences have heft and spine and grace, and her vision is clear and generous."

-- Mary Gordon, author of Pearl and Spending

About this title

Review:

"A haunting excursion into the past...Each story is a literary page-turner with a classic O. Henry twist."
-- The Atlantic Monthly

"The beautiful and deftly plotted stories in Awake in the Dark are like nothing out there."
-- Newsday

"I'm shaken by Shira Nayman's brilliant and mystical stories. She writes with wisdom and courage."
-- Ursula Hegi, author of The Worst Thing I've Done and Stones from the River

"Awake in the Dark quietly and forcefully insists that despite every wish to remain asleep, comforted by unconsciousness, we are all much better served by opening our eyes to the truth."
-- San Francisco Chronicle

"Brave and bracing...Awake in the Dark is plotted in that perfect way that stops our breath even as our brain hums with pleasure."
-- The Plain Dealer

About the Author:

Shira Nayman grew up in Australia. She has a master's degree in comparative literature and a doctorate in clinical psychology, and has worked as a psychologist and a marketing consultant. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The Georgia Review, New England Review, and Boulevard. The recipient of two grants from the Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743292685
• ISBN 13: 9780743292689
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304