Don't Tell Anyone: Short Stories and a Novella

by Frederick Busch

A new collection of short stories by the author of The Night Inspector explores the connections among people and asks why some succeed and others do not. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Frederick Busch (1941–2006) was the recipient of many honors, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, a National Jewish Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award. The prolific author of sixteen novels and six collections of short stories, Busch is renowned for his writing’s emotional nuance and minimal, plainspoken style. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in upstate New York, where he worked for forty years as a professor at Colgate University.

Reviews

[Jill · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a book of short stories and I actually gave up about half-way through the book. The stories were odd and I just never got into it.

[Patrick Barry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another solid short story collection from Frederick Busch. Busch's stories are always well-written. Set again primarily in Upstate New York, the stories are of love's difficulties. Sort of a pessimistic bunch, but it holds the reader's attention. I liked his earlier collection, "Absent Friends" better, but this is a solid lot.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful, sad stories.

[Dora]

Recommended by eleanorigby.

[RUSA CODES · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the 2001 RUSA Notable Books winners. For the complete list, go to http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rus...

[Melissa Larkin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugh, I thought this book to be rather painful to read. I'm all for short stories, but just didn't like the flow of them, I somtimes found the author to rattle on on just absolute nonesense. Ick...

[Sgilbert · Rating 2 out of 5]

These stories were just too depressing for me. Could not get into them at all.