About the Book: Vanishing Point: From the bestselling novelist and travel writer
comes a brilliant new collection of short stories
From the bestselling novelist, travel writer, and "master of the short story"
(NPR) comes a brilliant new collection.
The stories in The Vanishing Point are both exotic and domestic, their settings
ranging from Hawaii to Africa and New England. Each focuses on lifes vanishing
points?a moment when seemingly all lines running through ones life converge, and
one can see no farther, yet must deal with the implications. With the insight,
subtlety, and empathy that has long characterized his work, Theroux has written
deeply moving