Pieces for the Left Hand. 100 Anecdotes.

Uncorrected Proof. 8vo. Pp. x, 214. Red paper covers, printed in black; enfolded in pictorial wraps.

A much-loved cat seems to have been a different animal all along. A pair of identical twins aren't identical at all, or even related. A man finds his own yellowed birth announcement inside a bureau bought at auction. A collection of 100 short tales – some barely a page long – grouped into themes. The New Yorker-published author is currently director of the Creative Writing Program, at Cornell University. "[An] eerie collection of anecdotes, whose very simplicity elevates them to the status of myth. Their brevity gives off a spiritual glow." –Los Angeles Times