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Book Synopsis“The emotional range and depth of [Willis’s stories], the clarity and deftness, are astonishing.”—Alice Munro
Trade Review"In her second collection, Willis zooms in and out on her chosen subjects, adroitly examining the physical and emotional distances that separate people from one another—and from the mysteries of their lives." -- New York Times Book Review
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The Dark and Other Love Stories announces the emergence of a wonderfully gifted storyteller whose stories enlarge our perceptions about the human capacity to love." -- Chicago Review of Books
"Deborah Willis tapes deep into the surreal in the real in her second collection, and every story will pull on a different heartstring while bringing tears to your eyes (both from laughing and crying)." -- Newsweek
"Willis is an immensely talented writer, and her new collection is a thing of beauty: sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes funny, always sharply observed, elegant and incisive." -- Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven
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The Dark and Other Love Stories is an exhilarating book—funny and fearless, empathetic and sharp—and Deborah Willis is a dazzlingly smart and strikingly original writer. I didn’t want this book to end." -- Molly Antopol, author of The UnAmericans
"A bright, adventurous, and lively collection. Deborah Willis seems to be able to go anywhere and do anything, taking the reader from the Ukraine to Mars. Beautifully told and strangely moving, these stories made the world seem like a slightly different and much more interesting place after I had read them." -- Kevin Canty, author of The Underworld
"These poignant, sharply observed stories examine love in its many guises. A marvelous collection." -- Kirstin Valdez Quade, author of Night at the Fiestas
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The Dark and Other Love Stories is a kaleidoscopic, dazzling meditation on the switchback nature of love. Who do we choose to love, and who do we choose to leave behind? Every story is ultimately a love story, Willis reminds us, even and especially the strange, wondrous stories of our own lives." -- Marjorie Celona, author of Y
