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Book SynopsisShort-listed for the 2020 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection
“As profound as it is lyrical. The stories are music.” —Marcela Davison Avilés, NPR
Trade Review"A wonder cabinet of stories [each] so singular and marvelous." -- Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble
"This collection absolutely glows with life." -- Lydia Kiesling, author of The Golden State
"A surrealist wunderkammer in which the lines between history and myth, reality and performance, and the cultural and personal are blurred and redrawn." -- Millions
"Bucak’s luminous debut taps folklore and real life to flesh out complex characters with an agile, inventive hand." -- O, The Oprah Magazine
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The Trojan War Museum is a unique balancing act, a testament to Bucak’s ability to juggle multiple moods and themes in a way that corresponds with the reality of actual human emotion and captures the complexity of personal motivations.… This sophisticated understanding of human behavior, along with Bucak’s exceptionally clever plotlines, elevate the collection to greatness." -- Lisa Butts - BookBrowse
"The author astutely deploys a range of styles and techniques that create a cerebral, multifarious collection. Bucak’s remarkable, inventive, and humane debut marks her as a writer to watch." -- Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)
"Cerebral yet high-spirited." -- Kirkus Reviews
