Natasha and Other Stories
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Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis
A New York Times Notable Book, 2004Scary good.Not a line or note in the book rings false.--Esquire
One of the 25 Best Books of the Year, Los Angeles Times
Winner, Reform Judaism Prize for Jewish Fiction
Shortlist, Guardian First Book Award
Shortlist, Governor-General's Award
Meet the Bermans-Bella, Roman and their son, Mark-who have fled the Riga of Brezhnev for Toronto, the city of their dreams. Told through Mark's eyes, the stories in Natasha possess serious wit, in a solid literary debut from one of the freshest Jewish voices since Saul Bellow-or Lenny Bruce.
An authority one usually finds only in more seasoned writers. --Meghan O'Rourke, The New York Times Book Review
An effervescent debut.A familiar tale of dislocation and assimilation with enough humor, honesty, and courage to make it new again.If the last page of 'Tapka' doesn't stop your heart, maybe it was never really beating.--O Magazine
Deft.humane but unblinkingly unsentimental.Bezmozgis'.fine stories.are thick with memorable characters. --John Biguenet, Chicago Tribune
Dazzling, hilarious and hugely compassionate narratives [written with] freshness and precision.Readers will find themselves laughing out loud, then gasping as Bezmozgis brings these fictions to the searing, startling and perfectly pitched conclusions that remind us that, as Babel said, 'no iron can stab the heart so powerfully as a period put in exactly the right place.' --Francine Prose, People Magazine
Passionately full of life . . . Often ebullient and warmly comic.[Bezmozgis has] considerable talents. --James Wood, London Review of Books
David Bezmozgis was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1973. In 1980 he immigrated with his parents to Toronto, where he lives today. This is his first book.
David Bezmozgis is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. He is the author of Natasha and Other Stories, The Free World, and The Betrayers. His writing has appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, Harper's, Zoetrope: All-Story, and Best American Short Stories. He has been twice nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award, and his debut story collection, Natasha and Other Stories, won the Toronto Book Award and the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for First Book. David has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a MacDowell Fellow, a Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library, and a Radcliffe Fellow. He is the Director of the Humber School for Writers. Born in Riga, Latvia, David lives in Toronto.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780374281410 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374281416 |
| Title | Natasha and Other Stories |
| Author | David Bezmozgis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Year published | 2004-06-09 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Prizes | Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (First Fiction) 2004, Short-listed for Guardian First Book Award 2004 |
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