What They Tell You to Forget: A Novella and Stories

by Fred Pfeil

Winner of Pushcart's fourteenth annual Editors' Book Award for books of enduring literary worth, here is a fiction collection from a new voice that is like no other. Winner of Pushcart's fourteenth annual Editors' Book Award for books of enduring literary worth, here is a fiction collection from a new voice that is like no other.

These seven tales cover a wide range from a boyhood in Buffalo to a failed interracial affair, to thoughts about a man lying on a freeway divider. Fred Pfeil mixes aesthetic and political passions in a style that is all his own. His work has been recognized by many journals, including Witness , Fiction International , and TriQuarterly .

280 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1996

Reviews

[Jim O'Loughlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fred was an influential teacher of mine who passed away far too early. The novella "Almost Like Falling" is unforgettable and a number of other stories in the collection are equally strong.