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Ken Kalfus is the author of two novels, The Commissariat of Enlightenment and A Disorder Peculiar to the Country, which was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award. He's also published two collections of stories, Thirst and Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. His books have been translated into more than ten foreign languages.

A Disorder Peculiar to the Country The Commissariat of Enlightenment Pu-239 Thirst

News


A new edition of Thirst, originally issued in 1998, has just been published by Milkweed Editions.

My review of David Lipsky's new book about David Foster Wallace, "Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself," is in the May 30 issue of The New York Times Book Review.

A song playlist for "Thirst" is up on the music-and-book blog largeheartedboy.

My review of Gina Ochsner's "The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight" is in the March 7 issue of The New York Times Book Review.

"The Un-" a new short story, was recently published in Agni Magazine, Issue 70.