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Short Stories

A Writer We'll See Again

Faces You Can't Find Again by Michele Nayman

by Margaret Smith
March 1981, no. 28

Faces You Can't Find Again by Michele Nayman

Neptune Press, $4.25 pb, 104 pp

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Reading Michele Nayman’s collection of short stories is like a dip into the bitter/sweet river of life. People try for the unattainable and discover they are ordinary after all – the moments of sharing and understanding fade in the light of day and leave the protagonists even more alone.

 


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Faces You Can't Find Again by Michele Nayman

Neptune Press, $4.25 pb, 104 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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