| Author: | Rebecca Makkai | ISBN: | 9780698195523 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | June 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rebecca Makkai |
| ISBN: | 9780698195523 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | June 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Language: | English |
Named a must-read by the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, BuzzFeed,*** The Huffington Post*****,***** Minneapolis Star-Tribune*****, and The L Magazine
Rebecca Makkai's The Great Believers will be available in summer 2018.**
Rebecca Makkai’s first two novels, The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House, have established her as one of the freshest and most imaginative voices in fiction. Now, the award-winning writer, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of The Best American Short Stories, returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence, wit, and heart.
A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love, even as her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young boy has a revelation about his father’s past when a renowned Romanian violinist plays a concert in their home. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith. In an unnamed country, a composer records the folk songs of two women from a village on the brink of destruction.
These transporting, deeply moving stories—some inspired by her own family history—amply demonstrate Makkai’s extraordinary range as a storyteller, and confirm her as a master of the short story form.
**“Richly imagined.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Impressive.”
—O, The OprahMagazine
“Engrossing.”
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Inventive.”
—W Magazine
**
Named a must-read by the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, BuzzFeed,*** The Huffington Post*****,***** Minneapolis Star-Tribune*****, and The L Magazine
Rebecca Makkai's The Great Believers will be available in summer 2018.**
Rebecca Makkai’s first two novels, The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House, have established her as one of the freshest and most imaginative voices in fiction. Now, the award-winning writer, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of The Best American Short Stories, returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence, wit, and heart.
A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love, even as her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young boy has a revelation about his father’s past when a renowned Romanian violinist plays a concert in their home. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith. In an unnamed country, a composer records the folk songs of two women from a village on the brink of destruction.
These transporting, deeply moving stories—some inspired by her own family history—amply demonstrate Makkai’s extraordinary range as a storyteller, and confirm her as a master of the short story form.
**“Richly imagined.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Impressive.”
—O, The OprahMagazine
“Engrossing.”
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Inventive.”
—W Magazine
**
