The UnAmericans by Molly Antopol
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ENGLISH PEN DEBUT FICTION PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 'The UnAmericans' is a debut story collection of great poise‘Sometimes melancholy, often witty and always absorbing, these subtle stories of flawed humanity are a delight’ Observer
‘”The UnAmericans”, is poised to be this year’s sensationThe layered riches and historical sweep of its stories make them feel grand, like novels writ small … Antopol appears to be at the beginning of an illustrious career’ Esquire
‘Like individual novels, these stories appeal, satisfy and delight … They’ll make you nostalgic, not just for earlier times, but for another era in short fiction … A beautiful and appealing collection’ Meg Wolitzer, NPR
‘A writer of seismic talent’ Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Orphan Master's Son’
‘These are incredible short stories and even a dip into them is rewarding’ Stylist, ‘Books of the Year’
‘“The UnAmericans” is Molly Antopol’s debut book and that’s amazing; she has the skill of an experienced writer and the emotional clarity of a much older woman’ Emerald Street
‘The stories in American writer Molly Antopol’s debut collection are satisfyingly interlinked … She excels at drawing a particular type of male character: the interloper, the cuckold, the nebbish.’ Independent on Sunday
Molly Antopol is a recent Wallace Stegner Fellow in fiction at Stanford University, where she currently teaches as a Jones Lecturer. Her short stories have appeared in numerous American publications, and she has received special mention in ‘Best American Short Stories’. Her essays and reviews appear in the ‘San Francisco Chronicle’, ‘The Rumpus’ and NPR’s ‘This American Life’. She lives in San Francisco and Tel Aviv.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007548811 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007548818 |
| Title | The UnAmericans |
| Author | Molly Antopol |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2014-02-03 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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