UK publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions released a British edition of "Counternarratives" in 2016. Reviewer Kate Webb wrote in her "TLS" review of "Counternarratives" that "the ambition, erudition and epic sweep of [Keene's] remarkable new collection of stories, travelling from the beginnings of modernity to modernism, place it in a class of its own. His book achieves no less than an imaginative repositioning of the history of the Americas." In March 2017 Fitzcarraldo was awarded the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses for "Counternarratives", a unanimous decision by all six judges, who described Keene's collection as "a once in a generation achievement for short form fiction. Its subject matter, formal inventiveness, multitude of voices, and seriousness of purpose transform a series of thematically linked stories into a complete work of art."