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Laura van den Berg
Laura van den Berg was raised in Florida and earned her M.F.A. at Emerson College. Her first collection of stories, WHAT THE WORLD WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN ALL THE WATER LEAVES US (Dzanc Books, 2009), was a Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" selection. Her second collection of stories, THE... show more

Laura van den Berg was raised in Florida and earned her M.F.A. at Emerson College. Her first collection of stories, WHAT THE WORLD WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN ALL THE WATER LEAVES US (Dzanc Books, 2009), was a Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" selection. Her second collection of stories, THE ISLE OF YOUTH, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in November 2013, won the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters and The Bard Fiction Prize, and was named a "Best Book of 2013" by over a dozen venues, including NPR, The Boston Globe, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Both collections were shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Her first novel, FIND ME, is out from FSG in February 2015. The recipient of a 2014 O. Henry Award, Laura currently lives in the Boston area and is a Writer-in-Residence at Bard College.
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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 10 years ago
hs This collection is not as good as the previous collection, though it does have slightly more international feel (several stories are translations). Despite the title, there is more than Greek mythology in play here as well. Perhaps because it is sadder, the term that Bernheimer us...
The Five-Eyed Bookworm
The Five-Eyed Bookworm rated it 11 years ago
Title: The Isle of Youth Author: Laura van den Berg Genre: Short Stories Setting: Argentina • France • Cuba • USA Design by Abby Kagan Publisher: FSG Originals (November 5, 2013) Literary Awards: Amazon Best Book of the Month (November 2013) | Won the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the Ameri...
Beamis12
Beamis12 rated it 11 years ago
These stories all feature a woman or women, trying to understand the world in which they find themselves. How did they end up with the lives they are leading, what did they miss, how did they make the mistake that led them here. The writing is detached as if it is an observer telling these stories...
M.W. Gerard
M.W. Gerard rated it 11 years ago
Please read my full review here (after Sept 26th)
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