The Office of Historical Corrections
12 November 2020Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
‘Brilliant . . . These stories are sly and prescient, a nuanced reflection of the world we are living in.’ – Roxane Gay
‘Evans is blessed with perfect pitch.’ – Tayari Jones
‘Sublime short stories of race, grief, and belonging . . . an extraordinary new collection.’
New Yorker
Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and X-ray insights into...
Details
12 November 2020288 pages
9781529059465Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A dazzling dissection of our twisted attitudes about race, culture, history, and truth.Esquire
With the seven brilliant stories in The Office of Historical Corrections, Danielle Evans demonstrates, once again, that she is the finest short story writer working today. These stories are sly and prescient, a nuanced reflection of the world we are living in . . . wickedly smart and haunting.Roxane Gay
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans reminds me why I love short fiction . . . Evans is blessed with perfect pitch when it comes to dialogue – both in terms of what is spoken and what goes unsaid.Tayari Jones, Guardian
Danielle Evans is a wonder . . . She writes about the stakes of contemporary life in a way that always feels so true and so right. You leave her stories feeling like you’ll miss those characters forever. She is a writer of the first order.Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life
