Music for Wartime

Stories

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Literary, Historical
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Author: Rebecca Makkai ISBN: 9780698195523
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: June 23, 2015
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: Rebecca Makkai
ISBN: 9780698195523
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: June 23, 2015
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: English

Named a must-read by the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, BuzzFeed,*** The Huffington Post*****,***** Minneapolis Star-Tribune*****, and The L Magazine

Rebecca Makkai's The Great Believers will 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 OprahMagazine
 
“Engrossing.”
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
 
“Inventive.”
W Magazine
 **

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Named a must-read by the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, BuzzFeed,*** The Huffington Post*****,***** Minneapolis Star-Tribune*****, and The L Magazine

Rebecca Makkai's The Great Believers will 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 OprahMagazine
 
“Engrossing.”
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
 
“Inventive.”
W Magazine
 **

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