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Sto caricando le informazioni... My Date with Satandi Stacey Richter
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. very enjoyable, different, surprising ( ) This is a book of finely constructed satires. Each narrator and character is given a distinct voice, which is important considering their wide variety, from a prepubescent boy (A Prodigy of Longing) to the ghost of an accidentally amputated leg (Rules for Being Human), the latter a considerable feat of imagination. There are others which show off a bravura technique: A Groupie, a Rock Star is a close reading of 30 seconds in the life of the title characters, and Sally's Story takes the story of a praeternatually gifted dog and constructs something quietly shocking. Note that these stories are seldom comic. I laughed exactly once: "This evening Vlad is wearing black suede boots, circa 1989. A very pointy toe. He's sitting with the verbs, Pat and Bob." (Rules for Being Human) I confess that I when I realized that the 'Satan' of the title story was merely a twentysomething geek's online name, I started to feel let down; but the story goes places so unexpected it quickly overcame the hurdle of thwarted expectation. The stories: The Beauty Treatment An Island of Boyfriends Goal 666 Sally's Story The First Men The Ocean Rats Eat Cats Rules for Being Human Prom Night My Date With Satan A Groupie, a Rock Star Goodnight A Prodigy of Longing Really, really cool short stories. Richter does an amazing job capturing the POVs of her bizarre, fucked up characters; their voices are remarkably distinct and the prose is lively. Richter reminds me somewhat of Aimee Bender or Kelly Link, although I think I may have actually enjoyed these stories more; they had a tighter narrative structure than either Bender's or Link's work, whose stories (the latter's in particular) sometimes leave me going, "What was that actually ABOUT?" Which is not to say Richter's dumbing it down—there is simply a clarity to her presentation and purpose. I loved both the tragic, heart-wrenching stories, like "The Beauty Treatment," and the ebullient, ridiculous ones—"Goal 666" and "Rats Eat Cats" are two of my favorites in the collection. Richter just came out with a new book, too: "Twin Study." *wants* nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Stacey Richter, Pushcart Prize winner and a "Village Voice" Writer on the Verge, combines acute observations with profound compassion to chronicle the obscure narratives of American life -- from rock-groupie love to Internet dating to drug-hungry Health Ed teachers. An honest and affecting explorer of human experience, Richter turns tales from the fringe into stunningly intimate depictions of loss and loneliness. Her voice is distinctly original and deeply funny. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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