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Problems with People

David Guterson

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars--an extraordinary collection of short stories spanning across America, Nepal, South Africa, and Germany that explores the mysteries of love and our complex desire for connection.

"First-rate.... Humorous, ironic, and satiric.... Each story is realistic, bordering on surrealistic." --The Boston Globe

These stories showcase Guterson's gifts for psychological nuance, emotional suspense, and evocation of the natural world. In these pages, we meet, among others, a lonely landlord trying to reach out to his tenants; a middle-aged widower looking for love online; an American Jew traveling to Berlin to confront his haunted past. Celebrating the surprises that lurk within the dramas of our daily lives, Problems with People marks the return of a contemporary American master to the form that launched his literary career.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Publish Date: Mar 3rd, 2015
  • Pages: 176
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.70in - 5.40in - 0.50in - 0.30lb
  • EAN: 9780345807427
  • Categories: Short Stories (single author)LiteraryFamily Life - General

About the Author

DAVID GUTERSON is the author of five novels: Snow Falling on Cedars, which won the PEN/Faulkner and the American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award; East of the Mountains; Our Lady of the Forest, a New York TimesNotable Book and a Los Angeles Times and Seattle Post- Intelligencer Best Book of the Year; The Other; and Ed King. He is also the author of a previous story collection, The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind; a poetry collection, Songs for a Summons; and two works of nonfiction, Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense and Descent: A Memoir of Madness. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he lives in Washington State.

Praise for this book

"First-rate. . . . Humorous, ironic, and satiric. . . . Each story is realistic, bordering on surrealistic." --The Boston Globe

"Beautifully rendered. . . . Show[s] us that despite our problems with one another, there may still be hope for us all." --The New York Journal of Books

"Deeply affecting. . . . A haunting collection from a thoughtful storyteller." --Library Journal (starred review)

"Guterson is celebrated for his deeply atmospheric novels, and his electrifying short fiction is equally expressive." --Booklist