Description: Praise for The Pre-War House "[There's] a quiet sense of sadness that dogs these characters. As they navigate their lives, Moore slowly unearths their essential fears, regrets, and unmet desires, producing a subdued and beautiful feeling of yearning that leaves the reader ruminating long after the final page. A masterful collection." --Kirkus Reviews "The Pre-War House and Other Stories ... is threaded by a sense of unease that speaks to the uncertainty of life's calm patterns. Often Moore's stories upend suddenly by a danger like the steady tow of an undercurrent ... Moore's writing is surprising and exact and culminates in the title story, the novella which brings the collection to a powerful crescendo." --Arkansas International Just as uncompromising and unsettling as The Lighthouse."--The Guardian "Beautifully crafted, rendered in a lean, pared-down style that accentuates the stark content." --Metro "The tales collected in The Pre-War House... pick at psychological scabs in a register both wistful and brutal." --The Times Literary Supplement

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