Men Who Walk in Dreams - by Marisa Labozzetta (Paperback)

About the Book

"In this collection of stories men and women cling to ill-conceived ambitions, thwarted love, and misguided assumptions, as they dream to reinvent themselves, seek revenge, foresee the future, recapture that which has escaped their grasp, or merely survive. Fueled by passions and desires, they must choose between illusion and reality despite all repercussions"--

Book Synopsis

A corporate worker abruptly quits his job to make the world's greatest mozzarella cheese; a widowed Bed and Breakfast owner dishes out advice along with spoonfuls of his deceased wife's last batch of jam to the suitor who buys a house sight unseen hoping the woman he loves will move in with him. There is the new mother who takes a lover right under her doting husband's nose, the young boy who flees one dangerous country to start a new life in another, and the transgendered son who discovers his mother's clairvoyance. The characters in these stories are not afraid to take tremendous risks. From El Salvador to Cape Cod to Antarctica, from a secluded Italian Snake Festival to a packed subway car to a World War II bomber, in this collection of stories men and women cling to ambitions, thwarted love, and misguided assumptions, as they dream to reinvent themselves, seek revenge, foresee the future, recapture that which has escaped their grasp, or merely survive. Fueled by passions and desires, they must choose between illusion and reality despite all repercussions.

Review Quotes

"Marisa Labozzetta immerses her readers in tales of ambition, loss, and love in her masterful short story collection, Men Who Walk in Dreams. How her stories consistently resonate with hope is a testament to her craft." --Julie Delegal, Good River Review

An exquisite set of stories steeped in humor, humanity, and grace.

--Kirkus Reviews

Artistic, curious, and with an arsenal of emotional gut punches, this is a collection of short stories that belongs in the library of any thoughtful, off-center reader.

--US Review of Books

About the Author

Marisa Labozzetta is the author of three novels and two previous works of short fiction. She is a John Gardner Fiction Book Award Finalist and Pushcart Prize nominee. Her novel, A Day in June, was shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Award in 2020. She lives in Northampton and Eastham, Massachusetts.