A FRANK O'CONNOR AWARD-winning, simply stunning short-story collection by one of America's most critically acclaimed young writers.

Winner of the 2012 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

'Outstanding . . . Englander shows an unerring ear for dialogue' Independent on Sunday

Nathan Englander is one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation.

In these stories, deep tragedy rubs shoulders with sharp comedy. Relationships and brought to the brink, and choices are made that change lives for ever. There is vengeance and violence, coming of age and coming to terms.

Beautiful and courageous, funny and achingly sad, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank is a remarkable collections by a writer grappling with the great questions of modern life.

'Englander has written a fine collection, as intricately patterned across its length as a novel' Sunday Times

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A FRANK O'CONNOR AWARD-winning, simply stunning short-story collection by one of America's most critically acclaimed young writers.

From the up-and-coming young American writer who has contributed to McSweeney's and written for THE NEW YORKER comes a masterful collection of short stories that has already received rave reviews from many of the most prominent writers working today. Some of the stories are comic masterpieces, some embody as dark a vision of the universe as you are likely to encounter, and all of them showcase a writer grappling with the great questions of modern life.