The Further Adventures Of Brunhild

A native of Georgia, now residing in New York, Kavaler has published two volumes of short fiction as well as a historical novel, Doubting Castle. Twice a recipient of a NEA Fellowship, her work has appeared in numerous literary quarterlies and has been anthologized in Best American Short 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 slip into the ribs like knives while we are watching the smiler's 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.