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Title: Music for Wartime: Stories
Author: MAKKAI REBECCA
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 07/06/2016
Imprint: ECCO
Price: $31.00
Publishing status: Active
A short-story collection from the acclaimed author of The Great Believers
Named a must-read by the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and The L Magazine
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 Oprah Magazine
“Engrossing.”
–Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Inventive.”
–W Magazine
ISBN: 9780143109235
Weight: 181g
Dimension: 198mm X 130mm
Pages: 256