The Ugliest House in the World: Stories

by Peter Ho Davies | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0395786290 Global Overview for this book
Registered by pzarks of Portland, Oregon USA on 12/23/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by pzarks from Portland, Oregon USA on Sunday, December 23, 2007
"Born in Britain to Welsh and Chinese parents, Peter Ho Davies writes stories that not only reflect his multinational heritage but delight in their own odd juxtapositions. Moving fluidly from the present to the past, from Coventry to Kuala Lumpur, from moral seriousness to broad comedy, these varied tales are united by an elegant intelligence, a sly sense of humor, and a deeply humanistic felling for the mystery and grace of inner lives.
Including two stories chosen for THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, THE UGLIEST HOUSE IN THE WORLD announces the arrival of "a writer to behold with real pleasure" (Gish Jen). Though Davies's stories are daring and energetic, they offer "a calm, nonjudgmental and even affectionatee overview of fallible mankind... Davies's artistry... gives the unfamiliar a face as recognizable as our own" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)."

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