Exit Zero: Stories by Marie-Helene Bertino

Praise & Accolades

“[Marie-Helene] Bertino blurs the line between writer and magician . . . Dazzling.”
―Molly Young, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

Named A Must-Read by:

• The New York Times Book Review
• Bustle
• Harper's Bazaar
• Our Culture
• Literary Hub
• Chicago Review of Books

Winner of PEN/O. Henry Prize: “Exit Zero”

Included in The Best American Short Stories: “Viola in Midwinter”

Book Overview

Twelve delightfully strange, haunting stories from the acclaimed, oracular author of Beautyland.

Death-shaped entities―with all of their humor and strangeness― haunt the twelve stories in Exit Zero. Vampires, ghost girls, fathers, blank spaces, day-old peaches, and famous paintings all pierce through their world into ours, reminding us to pay attention! and look alive! and offering many other flashes of wisdom from the oracle and author of Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino.

Book Data

• ISBN-13: 9780374616472
• ISBN-10: 0374616477
• Book Title: Exit Zero: Stories
• Author: Marie-Helene Bertino
• Book Language: English
• Book Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication Date: 2025-04-22
• Book Binding: Paperback