Universally hailed as “the book for which Bausch will be remembered”* upon its hardcover publication, The Stories of Richard Bausch was one of the year’s most celebrated publishing events, ecstatically reviewed around the country and featured in such mainstream venues as NPR’s Morning Edition and Entertainment Weekly Magazine (two weeks in a row).

Now available in paperback, The Stories of Richard Bausch is an indispensable introduction to a writer who has consistently surprised, startled and delighted readers for a quarter century. By turns tender, raw, heartbreaking and riotously funny, the many voices of this definitive 42-story collection (seven of which are published here for the first time) attest to Bausch’s remarkable range and versatility, and affirm his station as “a master of the short story” (New York Times) alongside such masters as John Cheever, Flannery O’Connor, Raymond Carver and Grace Paley.

* Kirkus Reviews