Alice Munro Won the Nobel! Celebrate the Short Story With 10 Other Masters of the Form
Nathan Englander
Hmm…so, first of all, yes. Yes, there should definitely be a moratorium on things titled “What We Talk About When We Talk About [fill in the blank].” But! Englander’s short story collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank can get grandfathered in because it’s about a couple of years old, and it’s wonderful and funny and sad and pretty much a perfect collection. The title story is great and, in just a few pages, speaks volumes about marriage and values and trust and all the important things in life, really.