Moving from modern-day Jerusalem to McCarthy-era Los Angeles to communist Prague and back again, The UnAmericans is a stunning exploration of characters shaped by the forces of history. Molly Antopol’s critically acclaimed debut will long be remembered for its “poise and gravity” (New York Times), each story “so full of heartache and humor, love and life…[it’s] as though we’re absorbing a novel’s worth of insight” (Salon).

“A writer of seismic talent … Not since Robert Stone has a writer so examined the nature of disillusionment and the ways in which newfound hope can crack the cement of failed dreams.”—Adam Johnson

“Beautiful, funny, fearless, exquisitely crafted and truly novelistic in scope. … It’s clear we’re in the hands of a master storyteller—a writer with the emotional heft of Nicole Krauss, the intellectual depth of Saul Bellow and the penetrating wit of Philip Roth. This book isn’t simply powerful and important—it’s necessary.”—Jesmyn Ward

“Molly Antopol’s stories display that wonderful combination of an original voice with settings that are masterfully rendered. A rich collection, a great read.”—Abraham Verghese

“A brave, generous and effortlessly smart story collection by a young writer with talent to burn.”—Lauren Groff

“This is deeply humane fiction, coursing with the heat of a passionate, sympathetic heart.”
—Ken Kalfus

“Allegiances are not always what they seem, in these wonderfully engrossing stories of Old- and New-World Jews cast on the sometimes rough waters of history. Molly Antopol is a vivid chronicler of the good intentions and big misapprehensions of her characters, as we intently watch them try to get it right.”—Joan Silber

“An exceptional collection of wide-ranging, powerful and nuanced stories … You come away with an ache in your soul for all her people and what they were up against, how they triumphed, how they failed, and how they managed, somehow, to endure.”—Peter Orner

“Deeply satisfying stories … morally complex and emotionally instructive.”—Christine Schutt