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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
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Roy Kesey is the author of Nothing
in the World,
winner of the 2005 Bullfight Review Little Book Prize. His work has appeared
in McSweeney’s, The Kenyon Review and American
Short Fiction, among
other magazines, as well as in New Sudden Fiction
2006 and the Robert Olen
Butler Prize Anthology. He currently lives in Beijing with his wife and
children. |
