“Exquisite gems of universal empathy.”

— Shelf Awareness

“With ingenuity and impeccable craft, Jack Wang gives us an utterly remarkable collection that zeroes in on the emotional texture of utterly unique lives.”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer

“These stories are so elegantly shaped, so satisfying as individual stories, that their collective power sneaks up on you … I was moved, heartbroken, and thrilled.”

— Emily Fridlund, Booker Prize finalist for History of Wolves

“Deeply humane and beautifully wrought, these stories stay in the heart and the mind.”

— Alix Ohlin, Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist for Dual Citizens and Inside

“This is a remarkable collection of stories, a remarkable work of art.”

— Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

"One of the best books I’ve read this year and one of my all-time favourite short story collections."

— Sharon Bala, bestselling author of The Boat People

““This is a delicately wrought and deeply moving book from an exceptional new voice.”

— Eleanor Henderson, New York Times bestselling author of The Twelve-Mile Straight and Ten Thousand Saints

“We Two Alone shows that Jack Wang is a master of the short story, a writer who has mapped his own space, neither Canadian nor American, nor anywhere else.”

— David Staines, Literary Review of Canada

“These are near flawless tales of personal struggle and modern angst: deeply empathetic, humane stories by a writer whose command of form and technique is unfailing.”

— Ian Colford, The Miramichi Reader

“Long after finishing it, We Two Alone lingers in the mind as a compassionate work by a profoundly talented writer who cares deeply about what it means to be human in turbulent times.”

— Lisa Bird-Wilson, Ian Colford, and Zalika Reid-Benta, Danuta Gleed Literary Award Jury