The Further Adventures of Brunhild: And Other Stories

These are stories in which obliquity is of the essence. They come on us as quietly as innocent-looking assassins in an alley they slipinto the ribs like knives while we are watching the smilers face. For surely Rebecca Kavaler is a smiler with a knife under the cloak. writes Wallace Stegner of this first winner of the Associated Writing Programs Award Series for Short Fiction.Chosen by a distinguished group of fiction writers The Further Adventures of Brunhild portrays the complex world of family relationships with cool precision and unsentimental understanding.