"Stunning.Jones forges powerful stories of lost causes and bone-deep endurance. So powerful and so beautiful." - O: the Oprah magazine "Jones's .views demand our compassion: he is always asking us to see and therefore feel, more.[His] imagination fills these long stories with people and incident and moments of great tenderness, not to say humor amidst the melancholy." - Harper's "Edward P. Jones belongs in the first rank of American letters.

Jones has established himself as one of the most important writers of his own generation. The stories of All Aunt Hagar's Children, like all his previous work, radiate decency, humanity and an abiding faith in human possibility." - Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World "Powerful.Like William Trevor and Alice Munro, Jones compresses whole novels into these stories." - Boston Globe "Individually, [the stories] show off the art of a writer with unusual talent.among these are.the best short fiction of the decade." - Chicago Tribune "Manages to stun on every page; there are too many breathtaking lines to count.

" - Dave Eggers-New York Times Book Review "Profound and resonant.Jones 's evocation of the distant past and the uncomfortable present is remarkable because of the humanity that illuminates each story and binds the reader to his characters." - Los Angeles Times Book Review.