DAVID BEZMOZGIS
Tuesday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Born in Latvia, and a resident of Toronto then, since boyhood, David Bezmozgis and his debut collection of stories, Natasha and Other Stories (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), has been garnering high praise from far and wide. Distinct in voice, these tales follow an immigrant family of Russian Jews as they undertake a new life in the New World. "Here in Europe the talk this year has been all about the new writing coming out of Russia. David Bezmozgis shows that this energy extends to the Russian diaspora as well. In Natasha Bezmozgis renders something of the clear-sighted melancholy associated with Chekhov or Babel into English prose and a North American context. With a maturity and control far beyond his years, Mr. Bezmozgis has produced a captivating and impressive debut." - Jeffrey Eugenides.

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