Full name: All the Names They Used for God: Stories

Author: Anjali Sachdeva Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Short Stories, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780399593000 0399593004

A haunting, diverse debut story collection that explores the isolation we experience in the face of the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives Anjali Sachdeva's debut collection spans centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters but is united by each character's epic struggle with fate: A workman in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills is irrevocably changed by the brutal power of the furnaces; a fisherman sets sail into overfished waters and finds a secret obsession from which he can't return; an online date ends with a frightening, inexplicable disappearance. Her story "Pleiades" was called "a masterpiece" by Dave Eggers. Sachdeva has a talent for creating moving and poignant scenes, following her highly imaginative plots to their logical ends, and depicting how one small miracle can affect everyone in its wake. Similar books: The Barnum Museum by Steven Millhauser The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender Assorted Fire Events by David Means Tooth and Claw by T. Coraghessan Boyle Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones A Stranger in This World by Kevin Canty Some Trick by Helen DeWitt The Whore's Child by Richard Russo AM/PM by Amelia Gray If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This by Robin Black You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett Don't Cry by Mary Gaitskill The Whole Story and Other Stories by Ali Smith The Watch by Rick Bass The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie Birds of America by Lorrie Moore Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau