The Dinner Party
Autor Joshua Ferrisen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 apr 2018
The Dinner Partyimmerses us in the comic and strange realities of modern life, as we journey through the lives of the unlovable, the unloved, and those who love too much: Jack, who nervously tries to befriend the surly removal man by buying him a latte and a croissant; Sarah, who endlessly imagines how her evening would have been better had she only chosen a different restaurant; Joe, who spends a night alone at the office and surreptitiously starts to rearrange his colleagues' belongings.
These are stories about the infinite possibilities of a person's life, from an agonizingly funny and original writer.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241979983
ISBN-10: 0241979986
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241979986
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Joshua
Ferriswas
born
in
Illinois
in
1974.
He
is
the
author
ofThen
We
Came
to
the
End(2007),
which
was
nominated
for
the
National
Book
Award
and
longlisted
for
theGuardianFirst
Book
Award,
and
the
highly
acclaimedThe
Unnamed.
In
2010
he
was
selected
for
theNew
Yorker'sprestigious
'20
under
40'
list.
In
2014To
Rise
Again
at
a
Decent
Hourwon
the
Dylan
Thomas
Prize
and
was
shortlisted
for
the
Man
Booker
Prize.
He
lives
in
upstate
New
York.
Recenzii
Enormously
enjoyable.
.
.
Ferris
really
nails
contemporary
insecurity
The stories are constructed with great care,combining beady-eyed observation with farce, black comedy and occasional moments of lyricism
In thisegregiously entertainingcollection of short stories, Ferris tackles the most enervating range of emotions - despair, doubt, anxiety, humiliation - as his doleful characters trawl New York
A magnificent black carnival of discord and delusion ...For some accomplished novelists-and Ferris is one of the best of our day-short stories are mere doodles, warm ups or warm downs, slight variations on themes better addressed at length. Not so for Ferris. Dynamic with speed, yet rich with novelistic density, his stories make "The Dinner Party" a full-fledged feast, especially for readers with a particular taste for the many flavors of American crazy.
Ferris's three novels have earned him a reputation as a high-concept high-wire artist, always working the line between comedy and tragedy, the domestic and the outlandish. His stories, by comparison, arecompact gems of timing and everyday absurdity, and finally, here they are in one place.Hollywood satire, marriage-ending secrets, cracked minds, broken families: Ferris renders contemporary life as a parade of sad clowns.
A collection that show[s] humanity at its most awkward and insightful.
Ferris has a sure hand when it comes to the nuances of interpersonal relationships. He knows the thin line between awkward and easy, and when silence between two people can be a sign of strain or comfort. Ferris walks this territory so well that we often see our own complicated selves reflected in his writing... Though Ferris' assured collection may seem laced with hints of despair, the stories are full and rounded, sad but often also tinged with humor and rich in empathy.
Ferris has mastered a kind offictional sucker punch, andhe'll get you every time.
[These stories] explore the fraying psychologies of their protagonists by way of dark humor and understated tragedy. In the excellent, surreal title story, the fissures in a childless couple's marriage become unbridgeable divides after their close friends fail to attend a dinner party... [they] contain moments of sharp levity and intense insight,reminders of the heights the author can achieve when he is able to sustain his immense talent
One of the most anticipated books of 2017... the Dinner Party explores an array of emotions from a deeply human perspective.
Ferris is an incisive observer, and his descriptions of even the most quotidian situations are elegant and fresh
Ferris finesses the line between tragedy and comedy, and his sly wit often surfaces in sarcastic, offbeat ways . . .The Dinner Partyprovidesa fine showcase for his work
This season's standout short-story collections aremasterful exercises in brevity, proving that sometimes less really is more.... Novelist Joshua Ferris returns with his first, highly anticipated story collection. Each entry showcases his customary wit and understanding
[With] flashes of transcendence ... Ferris's specialist area is modern American crassness
Ferris' characters may be flawed, but his writing is flawless
Each of these stories is a well-crafted, tightly wound piece of short fiction that often springs with a delightful, sometimes moving precision
Ferris wittily skewers both middle-class social life, and its would-be dissenters. He has a brilliantly sharp eye for the manners and mores of 21st-century metropolitan society, and is a master of discomfort. . .Like F Scott Fitzgerald before him, Joshua Ferris shines an unforgiving light on the jittery pursuit of happiness, and 'the growing anxiety of never arriving at what was always just out of reach'
At turns arresting and hilarious. Ferris excavates relationships, interactions, missteps, and misunderstandings to form a collection of work you'll want to return to again and again
Most of the characters are comparatively sane, but no less deliciously ghastly
Anxiety, self-consciousness and humiliation are the default inner states of the characters in these 11 stories
The stories are constructed with great care,combining beady-eyed observation with farce, black comedy and occasional moments of lyricism
In thisegregiously entertainingcollection of short stories, Ferris tackles the most enervating range of emotions - despair, doubt, anxiety, humiliation - as his doleful characters trawl New York
A magnificent black carnival of discord and delusion ...For some accomplished novelists-and Ferris is one of the best of our day-short stories are mere doodles, warm ups or warm downs, slight variations on themes better addressed at length. Not so for Ferris. Dynamic with speed, yet rich with novelistic density, his stories make "The Dinner Party" a full-fledged feast, especially for readers with a particular taste for the many flavors of American crazy.
Ferris's three novels have earned him a reputation as a high-concept high-wire artist, always working the line between comedy and tragedy, the domestic and the outlandish. His stories, by comparison, arecompact gems of timing and everyday absurdity, and finally, here they are in one place.Hollywood satire, marriage-ending secrets, cracked minds, broken families: Ferris renders contemporary life as a parade of sad clowns.
A collection that show[s] humanity at its most awkward and insightful.
Ferris has a sure hand when it comes to the nuances of interpersonal relationships. He knows the thin line between awkward and easy, and when silence between two people can be a sign of strain or comfort. Ferris walks this territory so well that we often see our own complicated selves reflected in his writing... Though Ferris' assured collection may seem laced with hints of despair, the stories are full and rounded, sad but often also tinged with humor and rich in empathy.
Ferris has mastered a kind offictional sucker punch, andhe'll get you every time.
[These stories] explore the fraying psychologies of their protagonists by way of dark humor and understated tragedy. In the excellent, surreal title story, the fissures in a childless couple's marriage become unbridgeable divides after their close friends fail to attend a dinner party... [they] contain moments of sharp levity and intense insight,reminders of the heights the author can achieve when he is able to sustain his immense talent
One of the most anticipated books of 2017... the Dinner Party explores an array of emotions from a deeply human perspective.
Ferris is an incisive observer, and his descriptions of even the most quotidian situations are elegant and fresh
Ferris finesses the line between tragedy and comedy, and his sly wit often surfaces in sarcastic, offbeat ways . . .The Dinner Partyprovidesa fine showcase for his work
This season's standout short-story collections aremasterful exercises in brevity, proving that sometimes less really is more.... Novelist Joshua Ferris returns with his first, highly anticipated story collection. Each entry showcases his customary wit and understanding
[With] flashes of transcendence ... Ferris's specialist area is modern American crassness
Ferris' characters may be flawed, but his writing is flawless
Each of these stories is a well-crafted, tightly wound piece of short fiction that often springs with a delightful, sometimes moving precision
Ferris wittily skewers both middle-class social life, and its would-be dissenters. He has a brilliantly sharp eye for the manners and mores of 21st-century metropolitan society, and is a master of discomfort. . .Like F Scott Fitzgerald before him, Joshua Ferris shines an unforgiving light on the jittery pursuit of happiness, and 'the growing anxiety of never arriving at what was always just out of reach'
At turns arresting and hilarious. Ferris excavates relationships, interactions, missteps, and misunderstandings to form a collection of work you'll want to return to again and again
Most of the characters are comparatively sane, but no less deliciously ghastly
Anxiety, self-consciousness and humiliation are the default inner states of the characters in these 11 stories