Friday, July 01, 2005

Everyone wants to move to the CITIES OF WEATHER

Over the last few weeks, people have been saying some wonderful things about Matthew Fox's collection, CITIES OF WEATHER:
Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE INTERPRETER OF MALADIES and THE NAMESAKE:
Matthew Fox possesses the virtues of a first-rate story teller: depth of feeling, breadth of vision, and a fresh, vigorous voice. He is a fearless young writer, and CITIES OF WEATHER is a striking debut.

Jonathan Dee, author of PALLADIO and ST. FAMOUS:
Comparisons to Alice Munro have nothing to do with their common nationality: Matthew Fox writes with a patient psychological acuity that belies his tender years. That he is able to pack what feels like a novel's worth of development into the short-story form is the genius of his art and marks him as a writer to watch, not just for this season but for many seasons to come.

Helen Schulman, author of P.S. and THE REVISIONIST:
I loved CITIES OF WEATHER. This smart debut collection of stories captures twenty-something ennui with wit and sympathy. Fox turns his harsh, loving lens on those of us, the presently or formerly young, who struggle, without a map, for purpose and meaning, under the burden of being too free.