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My first brush with Millhauser. He writes with such exquisite precision, I almost have the sense that he holds each phrase up to the light, turning it back and forth to look at it from all directions, then wielding it to refashion even the most mundane tale into something fanciful, thought-provoking, sympathetic, troubling. He makes us remember what it felt like to think profound thoughts when we were still too young to understand them fully. Then, through his mature eyes, he forces us to revisit our very adult feelings of confusion and puzzlement. He weaves fantasy and reality into such an intricate brocade that we must sometimes stop and look more closely at the weft to see where one thread ends and another begins. This collection of stories was the perfect introduction to his style and range; I'll be reading more.