A Multitude of Sins: Stories - Hardcover

" One of the country' s best writers. . . . No one looks harder at contemporary American life, sees more, or expresses it with such hushed, deliberate care." - "San Francisco Chronicle"
" Haunting. . . . In each of these stories . . . there is something as delicate as the atmosphere in a Henry James tale. . . . There is also the spirit of something ineffable . . . a yearning for the world to be better than we expect. Chekhov and Cheever mastered such miracles from everyday dramas. Ford is among their company." "- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
" Wrenching, intense, overflowing with compassion, A Multitude Of Sins" "leads us into the restless ambiguities of the heart." - Dan Cryer, "Newsday
"
" Encompass[es] the comedy and pathos and wit of our dislocated times. [and] reminds us how powerful short stories can be." -- "Los Angeles Times"
" Scorching. . . . These stories are wry, stark, and heartbreaking- and, with the quiet moral urgency at their core, make up Ford's most stinging collection to date." - "Elle
"
" Robust. . . .This is vigorous writing, unfolding with the leisurely confidence that is the practiced craftsman's best illusion." -- "The Boston Globe"
" Very powerful. . . . Ford has a fine sense of place, be it southern, western, or foreign." -- "The New York Review of Books"
" Reasserts claims that in the hands of a lesser author would appear quaintly old-fashioned: that our lives have real importance, that there is such a thing as sin, that all of our actions... have consequences. It is a testament to Ford'sgifts as a writer that in A Multitude of Sins this previously well-traveled ethical terrain feels shockingly new." - "The New Leader"
" Elegant, pristine, precise . . . these stories are indisputable proof that Ford is a contemporary master of the short story." - "Esquire"
" [Ford gives] a scope to private life that puts him in company with the master realists- think of Chekhov's short fiction or the best work of F. Scott Fitzgerald." - "Minneapolis Star-Tribune"

"One of the country's best writers. . . . No one looks harder at contemporary American life, sees more, or expresses it with such hushed, deliberate care." -"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Haunting. . . . In each of these stories . . . there is something as delicate as the atmosphere in a Henry James tale. . . . There is also the spirit of something ineffable . . . a yearning for the world to be better than we expect. Chekhov and Cheever mastered such miracles from everyday dramas. Ford is among their company." "-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
"Wrenching, intense, overflowing with compassion, A Multitude Of Sins""leads us into the restless ambiguities of the heart." -Dan Cryer, "Newsday
"
"Encompass[es] the comedy and pathos and wit of our dislocated times. [and] reminds us how powerful short stories can be." --"Los Angeles Times"
"Scorching. . . . These stories are wry, stark, and heartbreaking-and, with the quiet moral urgency at their core, make up Ford's most stinging collection to date." -"Elle
"
"Robust. . . .This is vigorous writing, unfolding with the leisurely confidence that is the practiced craftsman's best illusion." --"The Boston Globe"
"Very powerful. . . . Ford has a fine sense of place, be it southern, western, or foreign." --"The New York Review of Books"
"Reasserts claims that in the hands of a lesser author would appear quaintly old-fashioned: that our lives have real importance, that there is such a thing as sin, that all of our actions...have consequences. It is a testament to Ford's gifts as a writer that in A Multitude of Sins this previously well-traveled ethical terrain feels shockingly new." -"The New Leader"
"Elegant, pristine, precise . . . these stories are indisputable proof that Ford is a contemporary master of the short story." -"Esquire"
"[Ford gives] a scope to private life that puts him in company with the master realists-think of Chekhov's short fiction or the best work of F. Scott Fitzgerald." -"Minneapolis Star-Tribune"

One of the country s best writers. . . . No one looks harder at contemporary American life, sees more, or expresses it with such hushed, deliberate care. San Francisco Chronicle
Haunting. . . . In each of these stories . . . there is something as delicate as the atmosphere in a Henry James tale. . . . There is also the spirit of something ineffable . . . a yearning for the world to be better than we expect. Chekhov and Cheever mastered such miracles from everyday dramas. Ford is among their company. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wrenching, intense, overflowing with compassion, A Multitude Of Sins leads us into the restless ambiguities of the heart. Dan Cryer, Newsday

"Encompass[es] the comedy and pathos and wit of our dislocated times. [and] reminds us how powerful short stories can be. Los Angeles Times
"Scorching. . . . These stories are wry, stark, and heartbreaking and, with the quiet moral urgency at their core, make up Ford's most stinging collection to date." Elle

"Robust. . . .This is vigorous writing, unfolding with the leisurely confidence that is the practiced craftsman's best illusion." The Boston Globe
"Very powerful. . . . Ford has a fine sense of place, be it southern, western, or foreign." The New York Review of Books
"Reasserts claims that in the hands of a lesser author would appear quaintly old-fashioned: that our lives have real importance, that there is such a thing as sin, that all of our actions have consequences. It is a testament to Ford's gifts as a writer that in A Multitude of Sins this previously well-traveled ethical terrain feels shockingly new." The New Leader
"Elegant, pristine, precise . . . these stories are indisputable proof that Ford is a contemporary master of the short story." Esquire
"[Ford gives] a scope to private life that puts him in company with the master realists think of Chekhov's short fiction or the best work of F. Scott Fitzgerald." Minneapolis Star-Tribune"

The author of five novels and two collections of stories, Richard Ford was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day, the first book to win both prizes. In 2001 he received the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction.