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Named a must-read by theChicago Tribune, O Magazine,BuzzFeed,The Huffington Post,Minneapolis Star-Tribune,andThe L Magazine
Rebecca Makkai'sThe Great Believerswill be available in summer 2018.
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 award-winning writer, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of The Best American Short Stories, returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence, wit, and heart.
A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love, even as 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. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith. In an unnamed country, a composer records the folk songs of two women from a village on the brink of destruction.
These transporting, deeply moving stories??some inspired by her own family history??amply demonstrate Makkai??s extraordinary range as a storyteller, and confirm her as a master of the short story form.
??Richly imagined.?
??Chicago Tribune
??Impressive.?
??O, The Oprah Magazine
??Engrossing.?
??Minneapolis Star-Tribune
??Inventive.?
??W Magazine
