I Don't Want to Know Anyone Too Well: Collected Stories

by Norman Levine

"Levine is a true artist, who grinds his bones—and anything else he can get his hands on—to make his bread." — The Sunday Times Reminiscent of Bernard Malamud and Cynthia Ozick, Norman Levine’s short fiction was largely ignored in his lifetime.  Yet they remain some of the most skillfully-crafted and moving works of the last half of the twentieth century.  Taken together, these stories make a convincing argument for Levine’s mastery, and as a writer in need of urgent rediscovery.

Genres: Short Stories

580 pages, Paperback

First published July 12, 2016

About the author

Norman Levine was a Canadian short-story writer, novelist and poet. He is perhaps best remembered for his terse prose.

Reviews

[Anthony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Levine wrote these perfect short stories his whole life and the goodreads listing for this book can’t even get the pages right.

[Leo Kerner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of short stories taking place mostly around the time of WW2 mostly in or near Ottawa, Canada. Many relate to young men about to go to war, or already in the UK preparing for it. Quiet and very pleasant storytelling….

[Teri · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read #11. Great poetry.