Ryan O'Neill
"You will be astounded by the hugeness ofÂ his heart, and by the breadth and depth of his vision. O'Neill is a writer of limitless imagination." ,â€”,Hector Tobar, author of ,The Barbarian Nurseries,Ranging from AustraliaÂ and Africa to Europe andÂ Asia and back again,Â ,The Weight of a Human Heart,Â heralds a fresh and important new voice in fiction. Ryan O'Neill takes us on a journey that is sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, and wholly original.,A young Tutsi girl flees her village on the brink of the Rwandan genocide. A literary duelâ€”and an affairâ€”play out in the book review section of a national newspaper. A young girl learns her motherâ€™s disturbing secrets through the broken key on a typewriter.Â ,With imagination, wit, and a keen eye, Ryan O'Neill drawsÂ the essence of the human experience withÂ a cast of charactersÂ whoÂ stick with you long after you turn the last page of this brilliant short story collection.
Short Stories,Fiction,Literary Fiction,Adult Fiction
The Weight of a Human Heart