This collection of stories is frighteningly brilliant. Each is gently tied to the next by a tiny thread. This detailed stitching, when tugged, wrinkles and shapes the fabric around it. I truly hesitate to explain much about the stories themselves. The reader should discover them for himself. I can say that Ogawa makes the completely…
REVIEW: OBJECT LESSONS – Stories from the Paris Review
Let me start by saying that this is not your typical collection. It is not a juried contest or an annual anthology, edited by an acclaimed professor. This is about writers, and what speaks to them. Pulled from the archives of The Paris Review, writers of today gush, er, introduce each selection. The intros range from…