Josh Weil, Author . Grove $24 (344p) ISBN 978-0-8021-1891-2
Weil's debut is a stark and haunting triptych of novellas set in the rusted-out hills straddling the border between the Virginias. In “Ridge Weather,” Osby, a hardscrabble cattle rancher, finds himself lonely and isolated after his...
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Josh Weil. Grove, $26 (480p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2215-5
Twin brothers find themselves on opposite sides of an ideological divide in this ambitious debut novel from the author of the novella collection The New Valley. Yarik and Dima grew up together in Russia, thick as thieves. As adults, they work at the
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Josh Weil. Grove, $25 (272p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2701-3
Weil (The Great Glass Sea) showcases his narrative abilities in these offbeat and spirited stories. The opening, “No Flies, No Folly,” follows the hardscrabble life of a Russian Jewish peddler named Yankel Yushrov, now living in the United States,...
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