Slowenien? Wo das liegt? Verärgert über die Borniertheit eines ausländischen Zeitungsartikels beginnt die junge Slowenin Veronika, einen geharnischten Antwortbrief an den Verfasser zu entwerfen. Fast hat sie über ihrem Zorn...
Two young girls sneak onto the grounds of a hospital, where they find a disturbing moment of silence in a rose garden. A couple grows a plant that blooms underground, invisibly, to their long-time neighbor's consternation. A cat worries about its...
Walsh’s penetrating short story collection evokes the titular feeling of dizziness. “I sense no anchorage,” the narrator says in the title story, “I will pitch forward, outward and upward.” It’s a statement true of both the writing and...
It is 1958 and the Phelan clan has gathered to hear Peter Phelan's will, read by the living Peter himself, an artist whose paintings about members of the family have given him belated critical recognition. The paintings illuminate the lives of his...
Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, a vibrant cast of colorful characters who navigate tricky family dynamics with hilarity and brio, from magical Manhattan to the picturesque hills of bella Italia. Very Valentine is the first novel in a...
"Justin Tussing rocks the rock novel. Vexation Lullaby is pure raw pleasure from start to finish." — Lily King, author of Euphoria
Peter Silver is a young doctor treading water in the wake of a breakup — his ex-girlfriend called him a...