Post­ed by Nat Bern­stein

A year and a half after the pass­ing of ​“the reign­ing god­fa­ther of his­tor­i­cal fic­tion,” a new col­lec­tion of fif­teen sto­ries writ­ten, select­ed, revised, and ordered by E. L. Doc­torow him­self comes out Jan­u­ary 2017:

You have to admire the under­stat­ed design of the book cov­er. The off-cen­ter posi­tion­ing of the styl­ized ini­tial height­ens the impact of the graph­ic and lures the read­er to fol­low the sub­tle arrow of the arc aligned with the volume’s edge and open the book. It cap­tures a feel­ing of for­ward motion, throw­ing into relief Doctorow’s capac­i­ty to tell sto­ries of the future by set­ting them in the past. Pick up a copy of Doc­torow: Col­lect­ed Sto­ries and you’ll see what I mean.

Relat­ed Content:

• Evie Saphire-Bern­stein: On the Pass­ing of E. L. Doctorow
• Thane Rosen­baum: Doc­u­ment­ing Fic­tion Writ­ers and the Inspi­ra­tion for New Work
• Jay Neuge­boren: Places Nev­er Seen