Incendios presenta una serie de historias peculiares, extrañas y hermosas, todas ellas con un trasfondo universal. « Incendios contiene relatos clásicos, hermosos, deslumbrantes. Means es heredero de la afilada narrativa de Raymond Carver.» The New York Times Book Review «David Means es el escritor de relatos más interesante que ha aparecido en el panorama de la ficción norteamericana en los últimos años.» The New Yorker
David Means is an American short story writer and novelist based in Nyack, New York. His stories have appeared in many publications, including Esquire, The New Yorker, and Harper's. They are frequently set in the Midwest or the Rust Belt, or along the Hudson River in New York.