Jonathan Messinger

“How did it die?" he asked. "Short circuit," I said. "Old and frayed wires." He looked at me like I was senile.…

— Jonathan Messinger

“So there are no ill effects?” I asked. “Well, as I said, you could die.” I looked him in the eye, my…

— Jonathan Messinger

The quotes are often poignant or funny (one man before the firing squad requests a bulletproof vest) and often don't register as…

— Jonathan Messinger

"How could you love something so destructive?" I ask. "Because this wolf doesn't care if your heart is whole or not," you…

— Jonathan Messinger

“To break the silence the old man said the first thing that came to his mind: "Loneliness is a type of violence.”

— Jonathan Messinger

Bonsai won the Chilean Critics Award for best novel of the year in 2006and it's easy to understand why.

— Jonathan Messinger

No one writes a story like Lydia Davis. In the years since she began publishing her lyrical, extremely short fiction, she has…

— Jonathan Messinger

The impulse to tell the truth was not as great as the fear of being left off the page.

— Jonathan Messinger

“I don't think my moped could outrun a cheetah." "Hun," Claire says. "There are more important things you need to outrun, and…

— Jonathan Messinger

Reading the [The Verso Book of Dissent] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves.

— Jonathan Messinger

I don't think my moped could outrun a cheetah.

— Jonathan Messinger