A review by benmoy
You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett

5.0

The stories collected in You Are Not a Stranger Here are striking, often tragic, but never melodramatic. Haslett addresses mental illness with a sensitivity and honesty that is truly impressive. His characters may be morally suspect, or simply conflicted, as many humans are, but the world they inhabit is the one we all experience. The fantastic is contextualized within the vastness and complexity of the human experience. He experiments with form and tailors his writing to his speaker, but manages to keep his even, consistent pace whenever necessary, allowing himself a poetic turn of phrase at the appropriate moments. A thoroughly impressive collection.