All Around Atlantis
1997
First Published
3.84
Average Rating
243
Number of Pages
Small masterpieces...[a] dazzling collection....Like Alice Munro, virtually her only equal in the field, Deborah Eisenberg here seems incapable of writing a bad short story...She focuses on misfits, people who don't feel at home in the world. So skilled is she at developing these characters as engagingly "ordinary" that we find ourselves identifying with them without realizing how we got there....Eisenberg's writing at times approaches the beauty of a line of poetry. She manipulates her readers with a master's blend of humor and poignancy. Her stories are wondrous.... — David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
Avg Rating
3.84
Number of Ratings
228
5 STARS
29%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
25%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Deborah Eisenberg
Author · 10 books
Born in Chicago, Eisenberg moved to New York City in the 1960's where she has lived ever since. She also teaches at the University of Virginia. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Yale Review, Vanity Fair, and Tin House. She has won the Rea Award for the Short Story, a Whiting Writer's Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and three O. Henry Awards.
