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'Servants of the Map confirms how deserving Barrett is to be ranked with Alice Munro and the other great North American storytellers of the moment! It is the precision of her words, and the intelligence with which she creates bonds between characters from an age so different from our own, that makes reading her such a joy.' Economist 'Andrea Barrett has a talent for reaching to the essence of experience! The passage in which Lavinia speaks of what makes her happy is as poignant and intense as anything I can remember reading for a long time, as radiantly illuminating, in its way, as the famous passage in Wuthering Heights when Catherine describes her idea of perfect weather.' Barry Unsworth 'Gorgeous, illuminating, entrancing fiction! The scientific themes that made Barrett's novel The Voyage of the Narwhal and her NBA-winning collection Ship Fever two of the most unusual literary successes of their decade again predominate in this superb new gathering of four stories and two novellas.' (Starred) Kirkus Reviews 'Barrett demonstrates originality and wit throughout a most distinguished collection of stories.' Barry Unsworth, New York Times 'Spellbinding!.Complex yet ravishing tales of scientific pursuits stoked by loneliness and desire.' Booklist 'Gemlike stories that sparkle with intelligence and fire.' Lisa Shea, Oprah magazine 'Barrett's rapidly growing reputation as one of the finest writers at work today will assure a substantial audience for this radiant collection! Familiar figures appear and reappear in more than one story, and many readers will be able to make connections between these tales and Barrett's earlier works. Yet each is rich and independent and beautiful and should draw Barrett many new admirers.' Publishers Weekly 'A wonderful clarity and ease, the serene authority of a writer working at the very height of her powers.' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
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' Andrea Barrett uses fiction to skirt historical fact...and it is a balance she treads well...radiant with scientific detail '
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HE DOES NOT WRITE to his wife about the body found on a mountain that is numbered but still to be named: not about the bones, the shreds of tent, the fragile, browning skull. Read the first page
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