A Good Day for Seppuku

“Kate Braverman is a writer of astonishing versatility and lyricism. Her stories are brilliantly rendered, painfully intimate portraits of individuals who come alive on the page as if illuminated by strobe lighting. With remarkable precision she tracks the restless motions of a mind searching for its reflection in the world—a continuous interrogation of the self that sweeps us along with it, as in a mysterious adventure.”

—Joyce Carol Oates

“This extraordinary collection from Braverman features unforgettable stories of women on the edge, children overlooked, and men at the ends of their ropes…. Her details are so vivid that they feel like memories… Without glorifying or reveling in suffering, Braverman reveals the inner lives of her disparate cast of characters.”

—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“Kate Braverman is an original. Reading her is like hitching a ride on a runaway train, always dangerous, always thrilling, always a knockout. Seppuku is all that and more.”

—Frederick Barthelme, author of There Must Be Some Mistake

“Braverman is the godmother of literary bad girls and a connoisseur of the shattered beauty glittering in the wreckage of her characters’ lives. A Good Day for Seppuku celebrates the Braverman vision, and frames her legacy.”

—Janet Fitch, author of The Revolution of Marina M.

“There is… a captivating undertone of dark humor to Braverman’s stories, whether it comes through description, interior narrative, or sharply bandied dialogue.”

—Meg Nola, Foreword Reviews