I don't usually get into these compendiums, but I saw this on the shelf at Big Hat Books the other day for the glorious price of $2.50 and just had to snatch it up. Reading Ian Frazier's "travels in Siberia" was worth the cost of the book alone.I read many of the stories here, and only belatedl...
Ugh, amazing. Buford is a great writer. Just the language is seamless and subtle and doesn't betray a lot of the mechanics and transitions. He does make the occasional mistake (sometimes repeating himself, mangled chronological sleight of hand, and the transition into "Apprentice" illustrates the...