Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies

About the Author

KEN KALFUS is the author of two novels, A Disorder Peculiar to the Country, which was a National Book Award finalist, and The Commissariat of Enlightenment. Thirst, his first story collection, won the Salon Book Award, and Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies was a Times Notable Book and also a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. The title story won a Pushcart Prize and was adapted as a film for HBO.

Kalfus is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and resides in Philadelphia with his family.