The tales in Jess Walter‘s The Angel of Rome and Other Stories aren‘t easily categorized, but each one provides a refreshingly honest glimpse into what it means to be alive.
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Harper
9780062868114
Harper
9780062868114
The tales in Jess Walter‘s The Angel of Rome and Other Stories aren‘t easily categorized, but each one provides a refreshingly honest glimpse into what it means to be alive.
If it were possible to sum up Jess Walter's The Angel of Rome and Other Stories in a word, it would be humane. In the 12 wide-ranging, consistently empathetic stories that compose his second collection, he creates a memorable assortment of characters who bump up against life's inevitable obstacles, large and small, then stumble through…
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