Joseph Fleckenstein

A Family Affair and Other Stories Joseph Fleckenstein

From Self-Publishing Review: A Family Affair and Other Stories by Joseph Fleckenstein is an engaging collection of fictional and non-fictional stories that span the globe.

Fleckenstein is a clear writer, creating characters in the modern American style, somewhat terse and declarative, but still evocative. These are literary stories except for two, slicing off a piece of his life in the process, for stories that are at once personal and outward-looking. ...

Each story conveys a sense of place exceptionally well, and clearly come from Fleckenstein's own experience, as is made clear from the introduction to each story, and in the attention to detail in the stories themselves. ...

While having an international focus, the stories are about the small moments between people, and the cover has more the feel of an international thriller with a singular cultural focus.

These issues aside, A Family Affair and Other Stories is an engrossing read. These are quiet, straightforward stories about a wide range of subjects and characters, for a strong literary collection.