Honey in the Carcase: Stories

Both absurd and melancholy, Honey in the Carcase, the newest collection from award—winning Josip Novakovich, moves from scenes as familiar as a dinner party to the brutal landscapes of war—torn Southeast Europe. A man tends bees amid the bombed—out husks of his village. A young girl takes revenge for the loss of a precious life. A Yugoslav drifter finds himself at dead ends in the American heartland. A marriage splinters over a suspicious scent. A cat and a dog enact ancient enmity in the m...