The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg
Autor Deborah Eisenbergen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2010
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"One of America's finest writers." "San Francisco Chronicle ""Concentrated bursts of perfection." "The Times" (London) "Shimmering stories that possess the power and charm to move us." "The New York Times ""Exhilarating." "Harper's Magazine ""Outstanding." "Christian Science Monitor ""Eisenberg simply writes like no one else." "Elle ""Eisenberg's stories possess all the steely beauty of a knife wrapped in velvet." "The Boston Globe ""Dazzling." "Time Out New York ""Magic." "Newsweek ""Comic, elegant and pitch perfect." "Vanity Fair ""One of the great fiction writers living in America today." "The Dallas Morning News ""There aren't many contemporary novels as shudderingly intimate and mordantly funny as Eisenberg's best stories." "The New York Times Book Review"
Since 1986 with the publication of her first story collection, Deborah Eisenberg has devoted herself to writing "exquisitely distilled stories" which "present an unusually distinctive portrait of contemporary American life" to quote the MacArthur Foundation. This one volume brings together Transactions in a Foreign Currency (1986), Under the 82nd Airborne (1992), All Around Atlantis (1997) and her most recent collection-Twilight of the Superheroes (2006)."
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0312429894
Pagini: 980
Dimensiuni: 144 x 207 x 45 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Picador USA
Locul publicării:New York, NY
Descriere
Since 1986 with the publication of her first story collection, Deborah Eisenberg has devoted herself to writing "exquisitely distilled stories" which "present an unusually distinctive portrait of contemporary American life" to quote the MacArthur Foundation. This one volume brings together Transactions in a Foreign Currency (1986), Under the 82nd Airborne (1992), All Around Atlantis (1997) and her most recent collection-Twilight of the Superheroes (2006).
Recenzii
--VOGUE.com "Sarcastic, self-aware, and often wickedly funny.... Perhaps the most compelling aspect of Eisenberg's stories is the ease with which she captures the fearful excitement of being human, and our reluctance to acknowledge how little our circumstances have to do with our own decisions."
--Rachael Brown, TheAtlantic.com "If you haven't discovered Deborah Eisenberg's beautifully crafted short stories, this is a good choice, because you will want to read and reread them all. These stories are rich and delicate, and linger in the memory to shift and amplify their values. Eisenberg's subtle, intelligent observations put readers in the best company."
--Prairie Lights Bookstore "What is it like to be a genius? Ask Deborah Eisenberg. The question is not as hyperbolic as it might seem; last year, Eisenberg was awarded a MacArthur fellowship, usually referred to as a 'Genius Grant'. If that award served to spotlight Eisenberg's achievement as one of America's foremost writers of fiction, this new volume of collected stories confirms it, illustrating that over the past 25 years Eisenberg has become better and better at the things at which, 25 years ago, she was already something of a master...."
--Belinda McKeon, "Irish Times" "This season, I chose four books of stories to read and recommend. At the top of my list--and highly recommended--is "The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg"."
--Ann LaFarge, Hudson Valley News
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Cuprins
CONTENTS
TRANSACTIONS IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY 1
Flotsam 3
What It Was Like, Seeing Chris 34
Rafe's Coat 63
A Lesson in Traveling Light 103
Days 125
Transactions in a Foreign Currency 161
Broken Glass 192
UNDER THE 82ND AIRBORNE 235
A Cautionary Tale 237
Under the 82nd Airborne 285
The Robbery 327
Presents 366
The Custodian 400
Holy Week 435
In the Station 488
ALL AROUND ATLANTIS 521
The Girl Who Left Her Sock on the Floor 523
Across the Lake 549
Someone to Talk To 580
Tlaloc's Paradise 611
Rosie Gets a Soul 629
Mermaids 681
All Around Atlantis 723
TWILIGHT OF THE SUPERHEROES 769
Twilight of the Superheroes 771
Some Other, Better Otto 811
Like It or Not 854
Window 889
Revenge of the Dinosaurs 932
The Flaw in the Design 954
Premii
- PEN/Faulkner Award Winner, 2011
- Ambassador Book Awards Winner, 2011