Synopses & Reviews
The characters in Scott Nadelson's latest collection abandon their lands of origin, sever their roots, and distance themselves from the people they once were. These stories roam geographically and historically, featuring a would-be assassin in 1920s Paris, Jewish utopians in 1880s Oregon, and teenage girls seeking revenge in 1980s New Jersey among their casts of beautifully rendered outcasts and seekers.
Review
"Scott Nadelson's wide-ranging, vividly imagined stories ring with authenticity, humor, and unavoidable heartache. Much like the famous Chekhov story 'Grief,' referenced in the collection's stunning novella 'A Warm Breath,' Nadelson's stories expose emotional lives with... is there such a thing as brutal and lyrical honesty? The Fourth Corner of the World is a collection of gorgeously written, truth-soaked stories." -Adrianne Harun,author of A Man Came Through a Door in the Mountain
About the Author
Scott Nadelson: Scott Nadelson is the author of the novel Between You and Me, which was a finalist for the Oregon Books Award, and three story collections, most recently Aftermath, and a memoir, The Next Scott Nadelson: A Life in Progress. He is the winner of the Reform Judaism Fiction Prize, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, and an Oregon Book Award.