Nothing Right: Short Stories

About this book

A contemporary master of the short story Antonya Nelson writes with uncommon grace and unflinching insight about the remarkable realities of everyday existence. The eleven stories in Nothing Right-a selection of Nelsons greatest recent achievements along with her latest previously unpublished work-are largely set in her native Kansas and resonate with deep familiarity. Nelson elegantly renders all the complexity ambiguity and beauty of daily life: the comforting rituals and unexpected disruptions the maintenance of family ties and the poignant struggles of romance. Honest witty and quietly revelatory Nothing Right is a collection to be savored showcasing a writer at the top of her form.