Synopses & Reviews
In the same vein as Paul Theroux and Robert Olen Butler, some of these stories take place in foreign countriesZaire (Congo) and Greeceand center on interactions between a host nation and an American visitor. Others are set in the US in the modes of Alice Munro and Tobias Wolff, focusing on human relationships.
Each story reveals a main characters moral center in the face of unexpected events, some of which seem trivial, others vital.
About the Author
DIMITIRI KERIOTIS has served as fiction editor for Quercus Review and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire. He and his family live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.