Connie Willis’ THE WINDS OF MARBLE ARCH — a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
Congratulations to Connie Willis, whose mammoth (700 page) compendium of short stories joined such stellar works as David Anthony Durham’s Acacia and Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind on Publishers Weekly’s esteemed list of Best Books of the Year. According to PW, “Willis makes brilliant short fiction look easy in this collection of 23 novellas and short stories, which display a powerful range of sensibility, from poignant tenderness and heartbreak to close-to-the-bone satire and blackest savagery.”
Now’s as good a reason as any to head over and preorder a copy of the second printing, due in our office in just two short weeks.
(P.S. I’ve read both David and Patrick’s novels, and they’re two of my favorite novels of the year.)