Description

In this luminous collection, Camille Bordas gathers stories that move through love and art, luck and loss, and the small, consequential choices that shape a life. From a young woman reeling after a burglary to a teenager fixated on obituaries, from families mourning the people who loved them to painters wrestling with what “good art” really means, each narrative turns on a human mystery—illness, unrequited longing, and promises made in full belief they’ll be kept. Darkly funny and sharply observant, Bordas’s sinewy, self-aware prose finds meaning in the in-between moments where grief, desire, and ambition collide. With a New Yorker–level intimacy and the precision of a writer at the top of her craft, these stories don’t just end—they linger, tilting the reader’s understanding of what it means to live with the shift.

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paperback

Random House

Published Jan 27, 2026

305 pages

ISBN: 9780593729878

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Details

First Published

2026

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for One Sun Only: Stories by Camille Bordas.

Death/Grief
Illness/Medical Suffering