num_pages: 256
description: Small masterpieces...[a] dazzling collection....Like Alice Munro, virtually her only equal in the field, Deborah Eisenberg here seems incapable of writing a bad short story...She focuses on misfits, people who don't feel at home in the world. So skilled is she at developing these characters as engagingly "ordinary" that we find ourselves identifying with them without realizing how we got there....Eisenberg's writing at times approaches the beauty of a line of poetry. She manipulates her readers with a master's blend of humor and poignancy. Her stories are wondrous.... -- David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
language: English
title: All Around Atlantis
titlecomplete: All Around Atlantis
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Contemporary
ratings_count: 219
publisher: Washington Square Press