RICHARD BAUSCH

From the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award, the Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Rea Award for the Short Story: a gorgeously rendered, passionate account of a relationship threatened by secrets, set against the backdrop of national tragedy. When Natasha, a talented young artist working as a congressional...

Italy, near Cassino, in the terrible winter of 1944. An icy rain, continuing unabated for days. Guided by a seventy-year-old Italian man in rope-soled shoes, three American soldiers are sent on a reconnaissance mission up the side of a steep hill that they discover, before very long, to be a mountain. As they climb, the old man's indeterminate...

Richard Bausch is a master of the short story--and this selection brings together ten pieces which perfectly showcase his incisive wit, perception, and artistry. He brings to life characters and situations as vivid and compelling as any in contemporary literature.--Michael Dorris, The Washington Post Book World....

From the prizewinning novelist and world-renowned short-story writer, the author of 2008s universally acclaimed novel Peace (A brilliant one-act drama depicting the futility and moral complexity of combat The New York Times), eleven indelible new tales that showcase the electrifying artistry of a master. A husband confronts the power of youth and...

Mary Kingsley to postać autentyczna: pod koniec XIX wieku podróżowała po Afryce. Chcąc napisać o niej sztukę, młoda Amerykanka Lili zagłębia się w jej biografię i czasy. Obie, niezwykle utalentowane, musiały walczyć o siebie i swoje miejsce w życiu, i obie, dziwnym zrządzeniem losu, tylko na krótko zaznały szczę-ścia... Historie dwóch całkiem...