Award given by the Fellowship of Southern WritersA novel told in short stories, The Affliction is an astounding fiction debut by an award-winning poet full of memorable characters across America and the Caribbean. Young beautifully weaves together the elaborate stories of many while holding together a clear focus: people are not always as they seem."The Affliction is an exhilarating collection..." --Laura van den Berg"These tales treat life-and-death matters with a beautifully eloquent fervor, and, like the stories of Julio Corta?zar, they remind us of how varied and unpredictable short stories, like the world itself, can be." --Charles Baxter

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