This dazzling, genre-defying collection from Jonathan Lethem features seven major sto­ries published since his last collection, along with his best work spanning more than three decades.

Fluidly moving between realism and the surreal, the absurd and the mundane, A Different Kind of Tension is a container bursting with life and death, couples in trouble, talking animals, and technologies on the fritz. Through it all are people longing to be seen and to connect; to thrive, love, and be forgiven.