What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

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 *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. * 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.

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