Places

Places records the miraculous moments that give life meaning and even a touch of the sublime. A short story collection set around the world, from Bali to Serbia, Iran to India, Places explores what can rupture a life and what is the way back to happiness, and even transcendence. A widow finds new hope in the music of a long-dead composer, a devout Sufi struggles to keep his traditions alive, one young woman finds her calling in solitary farm life, another breaks from her sheltered past to embrace the wide world.

In these modern folk tales, rivers speak, the forest acts out, and everyday objects play mysterious roles in human affairs. This is a collection of outsiders looking for something to anchor their lives, and often finding it in the most unexpected and wondrous places...