<p>“Original and arresting….[Jones’s] stories will touch chords of empathy and recognition in all readers.”<br />—<em>Washington Post</em></p><p> “These 14 stories of African-American life…affirm humanity as only good literature can.”<br /> —<em>Los Angeles Times</em></p><p>A magnificent collection of short fiction focusing on the lives of African-American men and women in Washington, D.C., <em>Lost in the City</em> is the book that first brought author Edward P. Jones to national attention. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and numerous other honors for his novel <em>The Known World</em>, Jones made his literary debut with these powerful tales of ordinary people who live in the shadows in this metropolis of great monuments and rich history. <em>Lost in the City</em> received the Pen/Hemingway Award for Best First Fiction and was a National Book Award Finalist. This beautiful 20th Anniversary Edition features a new introduction by the author, and is a wonderful companion piece to Jones’s masterful novel and his second acclaimed collection of stories, <em>All Aunt Hagar’s Children</em>.<br /></p>