Pulitzer Prize-winner Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master’s Son, presents his new short-story collection, Fortune Smiles, at Malaprop’s. The Friday, Sept. 4 takes place at 7 p.m. and includes a wine and cheese reception.
Press release from the bookstore:
Adam Johnson, whose novel The Orphan Master’s Son not only won the Pulitzer Prize, but stirred critics across the board to call it “epic” (Zadie Smith), “the single best work of fiction published [this year]” (The Wall Street Journal), and “a triumph of imagination” (Entertainment Weekly), reads from his new collection of stories on Friday, September 4 at 7pm. This free event includes a wine and cheese reception.
“‘Can you tell a story that doesn’t begin, it’s just suddenly happening?’ asks a character in Adam Johnson’s short story collection, Fortune Smiles. And you can, of course; the best stories stretch well beyond their first and last words. They’re more than the opening scene; they invite the reader to imagine what came before and what will come after. They’re alive and they’re limitless. That’s exactly what the best stories in Fortune Smiles are like.”
–NPRDealing in both the dark and the comic, the six stories in Fortune Smiles explore the complexity and confusion of the human experience in many different settings. They never shy away from the hardest questions, but constantly ask the reader to readjust her footing on the question of what is right, what is wrong, and where the boundaries lie. We hope that you can join us for this opportunity to hear from a singular voice in the literary community.
“Often funny, even when they’re wrenchingly sad, the stories provide one of the truest satisfactions of reading: the opportunity to sink into worlds we otherwise would know little or nothing about.”
–Publishers Weekly (starred review)“As a writer, [Johnson] is always perceptive and brave; his lines always sing and strut and sizzle and hush and wash and blaze over the reader. Fortune Smiles is a collection worthy of being read slowly and, like very good and very bitter chocolate, savored.”
–The New York Times Book Review
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