Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies

With the publication of his first story collection, Thirst — also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year — Ken Kalfus made "a dazzling debut," emerging as "a major literary talent" (Salon.com). Now, in this eagerly anticipated follow-up — drawn from his four years living in Moscow and traveling the breadth of the Russian landscape — Kalfus creates unforgettable etchings of individual lives throughout a century of turbulent history, in tales that range from hair-raising to com…