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07.09: Rebecca Makkai
2015-06-16 23:04:39| Powells Books Events Calendar
Rebecca Makkai's first two novels, The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House, have established her as one of the freshest and most imaginative voices in fiction. Now, the acclaimed writer returns with Music for Wartime (Viking), a highly anticipated collection of short stories marked with her signature mix of intelligence, wit, and heart. A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love, while her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young boy has a revelation about his father's past when a renowned Romanian violinist plays a concert in their home. In an unnamed country, a composer records the folk songs of two women from a village on the brink of destruction. Makkai's wide-ranging and deeply moving stories will delight her many fans, as well as readers of Lorrie Moore, Jim Shepard, and Karen Russell.
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