Music for Wartime : Stories

from BrandieC

4.5 stars I was fortunate to meet Rebecca Makkai last year, when she did a reading in Atlanta of her novel The Hundred-Year House. That was one of my favorite books in 2014, so I was delighted to see her first collection of short stories come out in June. While I believe Makkai is a stronger nove...

from knittingmomof3

Even readers who typically do not enjoy short stories, I highly recommend adding Music For Wartime by Rebecca Makkai to all reading lists. Makkai's latest release is due out in June 2015 and she has crafted some intense, thought provoking, and unforgettable stories. Typically when I read a collec...

from nancyjean19

The author wrote these stories over the course of 13 years, but they feel like they were designed to be together. Some of them are set in our current era and take on contemporary topics, like honesty in terms of reality TV, while others are set around the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. Some of the ...

from msf59

I loved Makkai's last novel, The Great Believers and immediately wanted to seek out her earlier work. I hit the bulls-eye with this story collection from 2015. The writing is excellent but I really admire how she weaves her Romanian family history into these tales, both past and present. I especi...

from Beamis12

second story. The worst you ever feel. A young violinist watching a master play after years in a Romanian prison, is able to tell from the music what the man went through. Quite good. Third story , November. A reality show where the contestants are all artists of some kind. All sent to an artist'...