Description: Already major award winners, these novellas reveal Gurganus's range as a storyteller whose work surges with the force of history and human personality. A "New York Times" Notable Book.
Review Quotes: "Gurganus is an old-fashioned yarn spinner. . . . [The Practical Heart] reanimates all those familiar truths about art's power to transform and redeem." -The New York Times
"As intriguing as it is deadly funny. . . . An entertaining, disturbing, and inspiring book . . . [from] one of our greatest living raconteurs." -The Atlantic Monthly