Please join us in store on Tuesday, May 23nd at 7:00pm central to help celebrate Daphne Kalotay's new short story collection, The Archivists: Stories. Daphne will be in conversation with Exile MVP Rebecca Makkai!
About The Archivists: Stories:
The Archivists are everyday people—but when loss and the aftershocks of history set their worlds reeling, they find connection and liberation in remarkable ways. These award-winning stories turn the world uncanny and play with perception, whether addressing the 2008 economic crash, fallout of the 2016 election, pandemic lockdown, gentrification, illness, or intergenerational repercussions of the Holocaust and the Communist occupation of Eastern Europe. A hardheaded realist is confronted by both her mortality and a would-be wizard. A thirteen-year-old girl in 1950s Toronto infiltrates the ranks of Bell Canada. A ninety-nine-year-old woman appears to be invincible. From a group hike in Germany to a solitary woman pursued on a walk in New Mexico, these twelve tales ingeniously consider issues of identity, history, and memory. Humorous, harrowing, and deeply moving, The Archivists captures the beauty and fragility of life—and our shared search for meaning in an off-kilter world.
This is a free, in person event and registration is required.
