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A Brand New York Times Notable Book of the YearFrom an authentic hero of the American short-story comes a collection that shows the stitches of injured, pain, and bravery that tell you the bedrock of modern American lifestyle. In these fourteen stories, Dubus represents regular women and men facing isolation and damage, the possible lack of love and the horror of really having it. Out-Of his characters' problems and little problems--and their unforeseen times of redemption--Dubus produces misinformation that bears comparison to the short-storyis best designers--Chekhov, Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor. "A master of the short-story,it is great to possess Andre Dubus back.