“A first-rate collection of novellas that will break your heart and fill you with hope at the same time.” —Denver Rocky Mountain NewsIn the tradition of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez comes...

At first, all Lily Austin knows about 19th–century explorer Mary Kingsley is that, 100 years before, she was the first white woman to venture into the heart of Africa. But as Lily begins reading about...

Nora Michaelson and her eleven-year-old son, Jason. are going through a difficult adjustment to life after the accidental death of Jason's father. at a time when the family's small business was failing....

"The essential mystery at the heart of every relationship is the subject of these twelve stories. What drives people together? What drives them apart? Revenge, boredom, sex—they're all here. . . . The...

A 2004 PEN/Malamud Award winner, this collection celebrates the work of American artist Richard Bausch -- a writer the New York Times calls "a master of the short story." By turns tender, raw, heartbreaking,...

Natasha, a lonely congressional aide, meets Michael Faulk, a priest struggling with his faith. Love blossoms over the spring and summer of 2001. A month before their wedding, Natasha is on a trip in Jamaica...

Italy, near Cassino. The terrible winter of 1944. A dismal icy rain falls, unabated, for days. Three American soldiers set out on the gruelling ascent of a perilous Italian mountainside in the murky...

Will Butterfield can't believe it. His 75–year–old mother, Holly, is drunk and threatening to jump off the roof. Again. Holly and Fiona, another elderly relative, won't stop tormenting Will and his wife...

The critics have been effusive in their praise for Richard Bausch's Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America and All the Ships at Sea.His hardover sales have also never been higher.Taking its title from Walter...

Quand Natasha Barrett et Michael Faulk se rencontrent, chacun voit en l’autre la lumière inespérée venue éclairer sa nuit. Elle, la trentaine, rêve d’être peintre mais s’est perdue dans une vie qui ne...

Dans l'Italie glaciale de 1943, alors que les troupes allemandes battent en retraite, une patrouille américaine est envoyée en reconnaissance dans la montagne. Pendant deux jours et deux nuits, ces hommes...

Richard Bausch ne s'intéresse qu'aux moments déterminants de l'existence : une trahison, la mort d'un proche, la fin de l'amour. Avec assurance et subtilité, il décrit les tourments d’individus qui tentent...