Other People's Love Affairs: Stories
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    [synopsis] => "[The] debut of a major writer . . . An extraordinary book in itself, full of some of the most exquisitely etched, psychologically complex, tender stories I've read. Owen's work embodies the classic virtues, but he speaks to us from the future; we'll need a decade or two to catch up." -Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You andCleanness

  

 In the ten luminous stories of D. Wystan Owen's debut collection, the people of Glass, a picturesque village on the rugged English coast, are haunted by longings and deeply held secrets, captive to pasts that remain as alive as the present. Each story takes us into the lives of characters reaching earnestly and often courageously for connection to the people they have loved. Owen observes their heartbreaks, their small triumphs, and their generous capacity for grace.

  

 A young nurse, reeling from the disappearance of her mother, forges an unlikely friendship with a local vagrant. A young boy is by turns dazzled and disillusioned by a trip to the circus with a family friend. A widower revisits the cinema where, as a teenager, he and an older woman shared trysts that both thrilled and baffled him.  A woman is offered fragile, uneasy forgiveness for a cruel act from years ago. And in the title story, a shopkeeper's vision of the woman she loved is upended by the startling revelation of a secret life. Surprising and powerful, and in the classic tradition of fiction by James Joyce, William Trevor, and Elizabeth Strout, Owen's interconnected stories strike a deep and resounding emotional chord. D. Wystan Owen holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His fiction and essays have appeared in A Public Space, theAmerican Scholar, Literary Hub, and the Threepenny Review. A dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom, he now lives in Northern California. "Owen is a gentle writer who tenderly sifts through his characters' lives."

 -The New York Times Book Review



 "It's a book to savor."

 -The Millions



 "A book to treasure . . . these stories are timeless character studies, bolstered by lovely prose and equally stunning insights. This is a collection to read slowly and savor, stories to read again and again. There is no doubt that Owen is writing in the tradition of William Trevor and Yiyun Li."

-Ploughshares

  

 "D. Wystan Owen's debut collection of linked stories, Other People's Love Affairs, is cause for celebration among readers who finished the final page of the late William Trevor's Last Stories with regret, and who still hold onto hope that Alice Munro will come out of retirement."

 -NY Journal of Books



 "Owen's style of expression and unique metaphors can be so beautiful they make one stop and reread . . . engaging . . . Owen is a subtle and keen storyteller whose focus on love and relationships reminds us that headlines and hot topics hold no substance next to tales of the human heart."

 -Booklist

  

 "A lovely work of quiet, heart-wrenching prose."

-Publishers Weekly



 "Quietly affecting."

 -Library Journal



 "In ten linked stories, Owen explores 'the realm of human love' through the wistful perspective of characters living in the seaside village of Glass. A delicately crafted first collection."

 -BBC.com



 "Owen's ability to convey the beauty and grace in small moments of loss and connection, heartbreak and triumph, signals a rare new literary voice, whose words will echo in your head long after you read them."

 -Nylon.com



 "A beautiful book. Owen crafts lovely sentences, many of which unfurl in unexpected ways - which is to say, there is an idiosyncratic, empathetic voice present in each story that invites us to witness heartbreak and hope and the tentative bonds between the two. Other People's Love Affairs is more than an exceptional debut; it is a masterful work by a writer in full possession of
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