"Gurov in Manhattan," originally published in TriQuarterly 137, was recently selected for the 2011 Best American Short Stories collection. To celebrate, we feature the story below in its original form, and discuss the piece's origins with author Ehud Havazelet here.
Havazelet's work has appeared in Triquarterly, Ploughshares, The New York Times, DoubleTake, New England Review, The Southern Review and other journals. Two of his books have been New York Times Notables of the year, and he is winner of the Wallant Award and both the California and Oregon Books Awards for fiction. His work has been translated into seven languages.
