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DescriptionFor fans of Alice Munro, Anne Enright, and William Trevor comes a stunning debut collection from a deeply original writer and observer of love, betrayal, and turning points in ordinary peoples' lives.
Danielle McLaughlin is a writer of unparalleled precision and uncommon imagination. In her deft hands, ordinary people are transformed and surprising truths are suddenly understood.
Praise for Dinosaurs on Other Planets
"Dinosaurs on Other Planets] marks the stateside debut (in book form, at least--a number of these already have appeared in The New Yorker) of Danielle McLaughlin, a writer of exceptionally deep empathy in the naturalistic tradition of John McGahern and Claire Keegan but with a knack for keen, and often disturbing, observation all her own."-LitHub
"McLaughlin's immersive first collection casts a stern eye on individuals, couples, and
"This is not a debut in the usual sense, a promise of greater things to come. There is no need to ask what Danielle McLaughlin will do next--she has done it already. This book has arrived. I think it will stay with us for a long time."--Anne Enright, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Green Road
"Danielle McLaughlin's stories seethe, beneath elegant prose, with unfamiliar insights and entirely original observations. Only an author who loves what human beings are can so compassionately reveal them in all their flawed, gorgeous contradictions and communicate unmistakable joy while doing so. How glad I am to read this impressive new writer Her fiction is a gift we need."--Robin Black, author of Life Drawing |