ABOUT THE BOOK:

Before John Sayles was an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, he was a National Book Award-nominated writer of fiction. The Anarchists Convention is Sayles’s first, celebrated short story collection, and includes the widely anthologized, O. Henry award-winning "1-80 Nebraska, m490,m.205." Infused with humor and compassion, diverse in scene and character, each narrative captures the idioms and matter-of-fact strength of the homeless, restless, and eternally hopeful.

These American originals range from a kid on the road headed westward; a lonely woman temping in Boston; anthropologists in the field; bums on the beach; and speed-addled truckers gabbing over the CB radio—and of course the anarchists of the title, ancient septuagenarian political die-hards who find strength for a noble last stand.


PRAISE:

"Many writers can render credible characters in a credible world, but only a few can do so with a warmth and a humor that is as wise as it is true."

– Chicago Sun-Times

"[Sayles’s] ancestry is more like the reportorial vigor Jack London on one side and a little of the sweet impressionism of Stephen Crane on the other."

– New York Times


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

John Sayles is the screenwriter and director of Silver City, Return of the Secaucus Seven, Baby, It’s You, The Brother from Another Planet, Matewan, and Passion Fish. Twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Sayles has also written the short story collection, Dillinger in Hollywood and several novels, including Los Gusanos and Union Dues.


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