Jewel Box: Stories

';Like Oscar Wilde or Ray Bradbury, E. Lily Yu writes the kind of delicious short stories that come with a sting in the tail. Utterly beguiling.' KELLY LINK, bestselling author ofGet in Trouble* A Finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize, World Fantasy Award, and Washington State Book Award* ALibrary JournalBest Books of the Year* Featured onLeVar Burton ReadsThe strange, the sublime, and the monstrous confront one another with astonishing consequences in this collection of twenty-two stories from award-winning writer E. Lily Yu.In the village of Yiwei, a fallen wasp nest unfurls into a beautifully accurate map. In a field in Louisiana, birdwatchers forge an indelible connection over a shared glimpse of a Vermilion Flycatcher, and fall. In Nineveh, a judge who prides himself on impartiality finds himself questioned by a mysterious god. On a nameless shore, a small monster searches for refuge and finds unexpected courage.At turns bittersweet and boundary-breaking, poignant and profound, these twenty-two stories sing, as the oldest fables do, of what it means to be alive in this strange, terrible, beautiful world. For readers who loved the intelligence and compassion in Kim FusLesser Known Monsters of the 21st Centuryand the dreamlike prose of Kelly LinksMagic for Beginners, this collection introduces the short fiction of E. Lily Yu, winner of the Astounding Award for Best New Writer and author of the Washington Book Awardwinning novelOn Fragile Waves, praised by theNew York Times Book Reviewas devastating and perfect.