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| Author | David Bezmozgis |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story collection |
| Publisher | HarperCollins (Canada) Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US) |
Publication date | 2004 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 147 pp |
| ISBN | 0-00-200568-9 (HarperCollins) ISBN 978-0-374-28141-0 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) |
| OCLC | 54065062 |
Natasha and Other Stories ( ISBN 0-374-28141-6) is a collection of short stories by Canadian author David Bezmozgis. His first published book, Natasha was published in 2004. Stories from the collection first appeared in The New Yorker , Harper's and Zoetrope All-Story .
The book is a collection of linked stories about the Bermans, a Jewish family from Latvia adapting to their new life as immigrants to Canada. The central character is Mark Berman, who is a young child when the family first arrives in Canada.
The title story was adapted by Bezmozgis into the 2015 film Natasha . [1]
Natasha and Other Stories won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2005, [2] and was nominated for the 2004 Governor General's Award for English fiction [2] and the Guardian First Book Award.
The book was also chosen for inclusion in Canada Reads 2007 , where it was championed by Steven Page.