"She believed it was a gift to never truly know the self. We are not
who we think we are, nor how others see us. Long before death, we die a
thousand times at the hands of a definition."
A master storyteller's vision reawakens us to the human experience in
this diverse, haunting, and unexpectedly humorous new collection of
short fiction from Simon Van Booy--his first since Love Begins in
Winter, winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.
In his first book of short stories since Love Begins in Winter, for
which he won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award),
bestselling author Simon Van Booy offers a collection of stories
highlighting how human genius can emerge through acts of compassion.
Through characters including an eccentric film director, an aging
Cockney bodyguard, the teenage child of Nigerian immigrants, a divorced
amateur magician from New Jersey, and a Beijing street vendor who
becomes an overnight billionaire, Tales of Accidental Genius
contemplates individuals from different cultures, races--rich and poor,
young and old--and reveals how faith and yearning for connection helps
us all transcend darkness of fear and misfortune.