The stories in this debut collection are extraordinary. Does the refraction of this title through the entire collection upend conventional notions of war? The engaging stories in Daniel Alarcon's debut collection, "War by Candlelight," draw on Peru's violent history, the plight of Lima's poor and the hopes … Most of the stories in "War by Candlelight" are set in Peru; three take place in New York City. The extremes of death and war … War by Candlelight is a devastating portrait of a world in flux from an extraordinary new voice in literary fiction, one you will not soon forget. Wars, both national and internal, are being waged in jungles, across borders, in the streets of Lima, in the intimacy of New York apartments. On Daniel Alarcon’s War by Candlelight: Stories Posted on September 27, 2010 by Carlo C. Flordeliza War by Candlelight , published by Harper Collins in 2005, is a collection of short and long fictional pieces which all deal with the subject of war. War by Candlelight, 1983 -- in which Fernando and Maruja, "sat by candlelight" arguing over whether they should have a baby. First edition, first printing. War by Candlelight : Stories. HarperCollins, 9780060594787, 208pp. Product Details ISBN : ISBN: 0060594780 [Book #23267] Price: $41.25 save 10% $37.12 Something is happening. Best of the New York stories is “A Strong Dead Man,” about a Dominican teenager who struggles with his father’s death from a stroke. 2009-10-13 by Daniel Alarcon Latin America Fine infine dust jacket. “Third Avenue Suicide” is a carefully observed domestic drama, but it’s left unresolved. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. Hardcover. War by Candlelight is an exquisite collection of stories that carry the reader from Third World urban centers to the fault lines that divide nations and people -- a devastating portrait of a world in flux. The titular short story, War by Candlelight, contains a subsection -- II. Nevertheless “War by Candlelight” is easily topped by two Lima-set stories that blend fine writing and tough observation with a still more fluid narrative playfulness. Daniel Alarcón was born in Lima, raised in Alabama, spent time in Peru as a Fulbright scholar, and now lives in Oakland. The author's first book. Signed by the author. War by Candlelight is a devastating portrait ofa world in flux, and Daniel Alarcon is an extraordinary new voice in literary fiction, one you will not soon forget. War by Candlelight is a devastating portrait ofa world in flux, and Daniel Alarcón is an extraordinary new voice in literary fiction, one you will not soon forget. Daniel Alarcon's debut story collection, War by Candlelight, was a finalist for the 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award.He has received a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and has been named by Granta magazine one of the Best American Novelists under thirty-five. Short stories from Peru-War by Candlelight by Daniel Alarcon Posted on September 4, 2015 by mandywight In these short stories Daniel Alarcon combines a concise and deft narrative skill with a dense distillation of experience which leaves a sense of …