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Translations:

The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo will be published:

In French by Payot Editions (2007).

In German by Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, in 2008. (litrix.de/ueberuns/verlage/carlhanser/enindex.htm).

In Italian by Minumum Fax (2007).

Esther Stories is available in:

French in two parts, Esther Stories and Dans Les Murs (In The Walls) from Chambon/ Le Rourgue.

In Italian by Minumum Fax.

In Portuguese (as Historias de Esther) by Editions Besteller of Brazil.



BOOKS

Fiction/Novel
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo
"With this staggering debut novel, Orner has joined the first rank of American writers."
--Steve Almond, Boston Globe
Magazines and Anthologies

Orner's work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and the Paris Review,as well in Best American Stories, the Pushcart Prize Anthology, and a number of other collections
Non-Fiction
Underground America
Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives
Short Story Collection
Esther Stories
"These are stories of unusual delicacy and beauty, and this is a remarkable collection."
--Charles Baxter

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