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Publish Date: August 2007
ISBN: 0-9793123-2-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-9793123-2-8
Price: $10.95
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All Over
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Winner of the Bullfight Little Book Prize, Nothing in the
World received unanimously great reviews, sold out its original
2006 printing in just a few months, and has remained out of
print ever since. Dzanc Books is excited to bring this remarkable
work back into print
“A beautiful, powerful book: mythic, vivid, heart-rending.
Kesey reminds us anew of how much power there is in an open
heart and the simple declarative sentence. He also reminds us
that war is a viral madness, infecting everyone it touches.”
—George Saunders, author of In Persuasion Nation
and five other titles
“Roy Kesey’s Nothing in the World is as horrific
and convincing as a nightmare. At its best it resembles the
fever visions of Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God
or Denis Johnson’s Jesus’ Son. In telling
the story of one young man caught up in the disintegration of
Yugoslavia, Kesey has written a story that pushes us beyond
war and strife. Instead, we are taken on a morally shattering
forced march to the limits of human endurance itself. It is
beautiful, brave, and I will not soon forget it.”
—Tom Bissell, author of The Father of All Things
and two other titles
"Nothing in the World is a mesmerizing tale of expulsion
and return: this is as much a trance as a story. Here’s
the Serbo-Croatian War as you’ve never seen it, its starkness
and brutality balanced by the harrowing beauty of its landscapes.
Roy Kesey is a fearless and very welcome new writer."
—Anthony Doerr, author of Four Seasons in Rome
and two other titles
“In haunting, evocative prose, Roy Kesey captures the
horrors of war, the insanity of genocide, as well as the fleeting
joys of love. Nothing in the World is a memorable debut.”
—Laila Lalami, author of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
“Roy Kesey is a natural story-teller, like the other Kesey,
but writes about a wider world. This journey from an idyllic
Croatian island life into the landscape of war is reminiscent
of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian—everything
is taken away, and all that is terrifying is beautiful—but
Kesey’s writing also has the moral and figurative power
of fairly tale. Nothing In The World will surprise you
by how big it is.”
—David Vann, author of A Mile Down
Roy Kesey is the author of the short story collection All
Over. His work has appeared in McSweeney’s,
The Kenyon Review and American Short Fiction,
among other magazines, as well as in Best American Short
Stories 2007, New Sudden Fiction 2006 and the Robert
Olen Butler Prize Anthology. He currently lives in Beijing
with his wife and children.
