Crowded World of Solitude Volume 1

WORLD LITERATURE TODAY: Albert Russos collected stories included in this hefty volume constitute an excellent testimony on the writers ability to create fiction which is both entertaining and thought-provoking in a surprising variety of contexts. All of Mr Russos readers know that he can write as easily about his native Africa as about present-day New York or Italy; and the collection, with stories set in different places and milieus, highlights his special talent at transporting his readers from one scene to another, in a kind of sentimental journey through human experience. Science fiction and fantasy are other paths trodden by Albert Russo in his quest for a pre-Babel reconciliation of man with himself in all his constitutive dimensions, linguistic and social, but also generic and transcendental.

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Congratulations! Your submission to Writer''s Digest''s most recent Self-Published Book Competition was chosen as an honorable mention in its category!

Your submission: The Crowded World of Solitude: The Collected Stories Category: mainstream/literary

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Writer''s Digest magazine