A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth

A stunning collection of short stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of North Woods.

**Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2021

Discover this breathtaking collection of short stories from the bestselling author of North Woods, Daniel Mason.**

On a fated flight, a balloonist makes a discovery that changes her life forever. A telegraph operator finds an unexpected companion in the middle of the Amazon. A doctor is beset by seizures, in which he is possessed by a second, perhaps better, version of himself. And in Regency London, a bare-knuckle fighter prepares to face his most fearsome opponent, while a young mother seeks a miraculous cure for her ailing son.

Funny, irreverent and always moving, these stories range from the depths of the Nile to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, from volcano-wracked islands to an asylum on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro . . .

*'The grand pleasures of fiction are all here' - The Guardian*

'The talent of Daniel Mason - using words in this way is witchcraft, surely' - Elizabeth Macneal, bestselling author of The Doll Factory

'One of the finest prose stylists in American fiction' - The New York Times**

Transporting... Pinpoint physical details and precisely articulated emotions collide with the mystical, while scientific quests drive characters to extremes... With touches of Borges and Calvino, Mason's fabulist stories are works of tenderness and awe for human curiosity, passion, mad valor, and profound resiliency

Autorentext
Daniel Mason is a physician and author of the novels The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and adapted for opera and theatre. A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, he is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, where he teaches courses in the humanities and medicine. He lives in the Bay Area with his family.

Klappentext

'The grand pleasures of fiction are all here: rich, cushioning detail, vivid characters delivering decisive action and a sense of escape into a larger world' Guardian

From a young mother in smog-filled London to a man uncovering family secrets in San Francisco, from a telegraph operator in the Amazon rainforest to an air-balloonist on her fated flight, A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth captures life in all its forms across the globe. At times funny and irreverent, always moving, Daniel Mason has created a truly dazzling and rich collection of fiction.

'A wonderful set of period tales' Mariella Frostrup

'I've given up picking perfect sentences to read aloud and am now just reciting the entire book. The talent of Daniel Mason - using words in this way is witchcraft, surely' Elizabeth Macneal, bestselling author of The Doll Factory

Zusammenfassung
A stunning collection of short stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of North Woods.