The Disappearance of Miranda Željko online at Five Chapters →
A new story, “The Disappearance of Miranda Željko,” is up online at Five Chapters – in five easy, bite-sized pieces, so as not to overtax the brain!
Archive for April 2011
Best New Stories from the Midwest
“Peter Torrelli, Falling Apart” has been chosen for the second volume of Best New Stories from the Midwest, out later this year.
Fourth The Best American Short Stories in a row
My story “Peter Torrelli, Falling Apart,” originally in Tin House, has been selected by Geraldine Brooks for The Best American Short Stories 2011 – that’s four in a row, but no, it’s not the record. Irwin Shaw is the man to beat, apparently, with seven in a row back in the sixties. Irwin Shaw is going down.
The Borrower will be an Indie Next List pick for June!
The Borrower will be an Indie Next List pick for June!
Kirkus Reviews The Borrower →
“Makkai takes risks in her sharp, often witty text… Smart, literate and refreshingly unsentimental.”
- Publisher’s WeeklyFast-paced, suspenseful, and thoroughly enjoyable
- Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winning and bestselling author of That Old Cape Magic and Empire FallsRarely is a first novel as smart and engaging and learned and funny and moving as The Borrower. Rebecca Makkai is a writer to watch, as sneakily ambitious as she is unpretentious.
