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Natasha and Other Stories 
Author(s) David Bezmozgis Country Canada Language English Genre(s) Short story collection Publisher HarperCollins in Canada
Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the USAPublication date 2004 Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 147 pp ISBN ISBN 0-002005689 (HarperCollins)
ISBN 978-0374281410 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)OCLC Number 54065062 Natasha and Other Stories (ISBN 0-374-28141-6) is a collection of short stories by Canadian author David Bezmozgis. His first published book, Natasha was published in 2004. Stories from the collection first appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's and Zoetrope All-Story.
The book is a collection of linked stories about the Bermans, a Jewish family from Latvia adapting to their new life as immigrants to Canada. The central character is Mark Berman, who is a young child when the family first arrives in Canada.
Awards and nominations
Natasha and Other Stories won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2005, and was nominated for the 2004 Governor General's Award for English fiction and the Guardian First Book Award.
The book was also chosen for inclusion in Canada Reads 2007, where it was championed by Steven Page.
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