An Orphanage of Dreams - Softcover

“Savage’s narratives are bravura displays of authorial concision and meticulous detail.” —Publishers Weekly

“An Orphanage of Dreams . . . implores you to slow down and savor the final writings of a man who had a lot to say.” —Isthmus

“An Orphanage of Dreams is a collection as quiet and new as the dawn. These surprising parables, not unlike Primo Levi’s, made me feel part of a kinder, larger world. Anyone who has suffered and still dares to hope should read this book by the extraordinary writer Sam Savage.” —Kate Bernheimer

“Open the door of this Orphanage of Dreams and walk as if on clouds. Dreams reveal, condense, betray, distort, translate, highlight, let slip, point to a higher truth. And so do these stories, a delicate lattice of language and longing. A thorough delight for the senses. Your waking hours will never be the same.” —Cristina Rivera Garza

“With his last literary breath, Sam Savage has once again given readers insight into those we may think to pass by hurriedly or who we might not notice at all.” —Big Other

Praise for Sam Savage

“Savage’s is a book of the heart as much as the head. Which is itself an accomplishment of no small note: to recognize the arbitrary, degraded thing that is memory, and allow it its loveliness for all of that.” —New York Times

“Savage’s lean, meditative novels, so meticulously pitched and poised, eschew the bloated excess and garish dazzle that can mar those from writers half his age.” —Star Tribune