1996 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

Women in Their Beds

Gina Berriault

“In these 35 stories, one struggles to find a sentence that is anything less than jewel-box perfect.” —The New York Times Book Review Gina Berriault is known for the complexity and compassion with which she weaves her characters, and her stories are such m…

About Schmidt

Louis Begley

Dancing After Hours

Andre Dubus

From Bondage

Henry Roth

The Autobiography of My Mother

Jamaica Kincaid