The Atlas

A collection of fifty-three interconnected tales. Set in locales from Phnom Penh to Sarajevo, Mogadishu to New York, combining autobiography with invention, fantasy with reportage. These stories examine poverty, violence, and loss even as they celebrate the beauty of landscape, the thrill of the alien, the infinitely precious pain of love. Brings to life a fascinating array of human beings: an old Inuit walrus-hunter, urban aborigines in Sydney, a crack-addicted prostitute, and even the author himself.