The King is Always Above the People

An unforgettable collection of stories from Daniel Alarcón, one of the New Yorker's 20 best writers under 40, and one of the best storytellers of our time.

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Alarcón was born in Lima, Peru, in 1977 and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author of the story collection War by Candlelight , a finalist for the 2006 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award, and Lost City Radio , winner of the 2009 International Literature Prize. His writing has appeared in Granta , n+1 , McSweeney's and Harper's , and he has been named of the New Yorker 's 20 best writers under 40. He lives in San Francisco, California. Zusammenfassung Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction An unforgettable collection of stories from Daniel Alarcón, one of the New Yorker's 20 best writers under 40, and one of the best storytellers of our time.

Autorentext

Daniel Alarcón was born in Lima, Peru, in 1977 and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author of the story collection War by Candlelight, a finalist for the 2006 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award, and Lost City Radio, winner of the 2009 International Literature Prize. His writing has appeared in Granta, n+1, McSweeney's and Harper's, and he has been named of the New Yorker's 20 best writers under 40. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Klappentext

A brilliant collection of stories from one of the "New Yorker"'s 20 best writers under 40. Deeply human stories which mix migration, betrayal, family secrets, doomed love and uncertain futures.

Zusammenfassung
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction An unforgettable collection of stories from Daniel Alarcón, one of the New Yorker's 20 best writers under 40, and one of the best storytellers of our time.