What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

From the up-and-coming young American writer who has contributed to McSweeney's and written for THE NEW YORKER comes a masterful collection of short stories that has already received rave reviews from many of the most prominent writers working today.

Some of the stories are comic masterpieces, some embody as dark a vision of the universe as you are likely to encounter, and all of them showcase a writer grappling with the great questions of modern life.

Short-listed for Frank O'Connor Award 2012 (UK)

“This collection of short stories is covered with enthusiastic quotes from American literati. "This," you may think, "is either going to be fantastic or hyped nonsense." Thankfully, it's the former.”

few literary works have better demonstrated their veracity lately than this glorious collection -- Pankaj Mishra FINANCIAL TIMES
Some of these stories are comic masterpieces, some embody as dark a vision of the universe as you are likely to encounter and all of them showcase a writer grappling with the great questions of modern life. GRANTA
Englander has written a fine collection, as intricately patterned across its length as a novel, although its stories are set in various decades and locations... a book of cautious, crafted, crafty stories that catch you off guard again and again. THE SUNDAY TIMES
EMERALD STREET
A remarkable collection THE GUARDIAN
The titular story - a twist on Raymond Carver's, of a similar name - jumps from brilliant Woody Allen-esque dialogue and comedy to darkness. THE INDEPENDENT
Englander deals with powerful questions of morality, history and vengeance. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
His stories are moving and thought-provoking, pwerful and hilarious by turns. NEWBOOKS magazine
An amusing and moving collection. THE SUNDAY BUSINESS POST
This collection by one of America's best short-story writers displays his inimitable capacity to shock, sadden and simultaneously entertain in his explorations of Jewish history and politics. THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SEVEN Magazine
remarkable precision, agility and depth BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH

Nathan Englander is the author of the internationally bestselling story collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges and the novel The Ministry of Special Cases. Translated into more than a dozen languages, Englander was selected as one of '20 Writers for the 21st Century' by The New Yorker. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a PEN/Malamud Award, the Bard Fiction Prize and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. He lives in Manhattan.

Winner of the 2012 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 'Outstanding . . . Englander shows an unerring ear for dialogue' Independent on Sunday Nathan Englander is one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. In these stories, deep tragedy rubs shoulders with sharp comedy. Relationships and brought to the brink, and choices are made that change lives for ever. There is vengeance and violence, coming of age and coming to terms. Beautiful and courageous, funny and achingly sad, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank is a remarkable collections by a writer grappling with the great questions of modern life. 'Englander has written a fine collection, as intricately patterned across its length as a novel' Sunday Times Phoenix Fiction

From the up-and-coming young American writer who has contributed to McSweeney's and written for THE NEW YORKER comes a masterful collection of short stories that has already received rave reviews from many of the most prominent writers working today.Some of the stories are comic masterpieces, some embody as dark a vision of the universe as you are likely to encounter, and all of them showcase a writer grappling with the great questions of modern life.

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