ThestoriesthatPaulFilevhascollectedinthisanthologyofMacedonianfictionintroduceEnglish-languagereaderstoaliteraturethathaslongbeenoverlooked.Rangingfrommelancholyrealism,suchasRumenaBuzarovska’s“Lily,“tosurrealfantasias,suchasTomislavOsmanli’s“Strained,“inwhichastressed-outbusinessmaneatshisowncomputer,thesetextsprovideaportraitofacountryinconstanttransformation,stillhauntedbytheYugoslavpastbutquicklyhurtlingintothetechnocraticfuture.Comicandtragic,po-facedandhysterical,ContemporaryMacedonianFictionallowsustodiscoversomeofthemostexcitingyoungwritersatworktoday.
