We Live in Water: Stories - Couverture souple

Walter, Jess

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0061926620 ISBN 13 : 9780061926624

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2013

Synopsis

We Live in Water The first collection of short fiction from "New York Times"-bestselling author Walter--a suite of diverse and searching stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit, keen eye, and generosity of spirit that has made him one of America's most talked-about writers Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“Walter is a bighearted man who excels at writing about other bighearted, if broken, men. That generosity of spirit coupled with Walter’s seeming inability to look away from the messy bits, elevates these stories from dirges to symphonies.” (New York Times Book Review)

“Walter (Beautiful Ruins) writes-beautifully. . . . Darkly funny, sneakily sad, these stories are very, very good. The algorithm for this debut collection is straightforward: if you like to read, you’ll like this book.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

“Jess Walter, who is revered for his novels, shows a gritty side in these clear-cut stories... Each word is perfectly placed...[Walter] brings his first story collection to a smashing end.” (Daily Beast)

“Mr. Walter brings (his) outlook to short-story writing easily, and with a vengeance... His most bleakly funny, hard-edge book in years.” (Janet Maslin, New York Times)

“This badass collection aligns itself... with Walter’s gritty, bighearted novels.” (Esquire)

“[Walter] can mine the least scintilla of humor and wit from his characters’ broken lives--people whose dreams will surely not come true but who somehow keep trying.” (Shelf Awareness)

“Brims with humanity. A-” (Entertainment Weekly)

“Wildly entertaining and thought-provoking fiction from a prodigiously talented writer.” (Booklist)

“This debut story collection from Walter proves he’s as skilled at satire and class commentary in the short form as in his novels...A witty and sobering snapshot of recession-era America.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review )

“Walter’s got a great ear and a genius for sympathy with America’s new dispossessed.” (NPR's All Things Considered)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter, now available in paperback—the first collection of short fiction from Jess Walter—a suite of diverse and searching stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit, keen eye, and generosity of spirit that has made him a bookseller and reader favorite

The first collection of short fiction from Jess Walter, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, We Live in Water is a diverse suite of stories marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made him one of America’s most talked-about writers.

Stories in We Live in Water range from comic tales of love to social satire and suspenseful crime fiction. Traveling from hip Portland to once-hip Seattle to never-hip Spokane, to a condemned casino in Las Vegas and a bottomless lake in the dark woods of Idaho, this is a world of lost fathers and redemptive con men, of personal struggles and diminished dreams.

In title story “We Live in Water”, a lawyer returns to his corrupt hometown to find his father, who disappeared 30 years earlier. In “Thief,” a blue-collar worker turns unlikely detective to find out which of his kids is stealing from the family fund.

“Anything Helps” sees a homeless man try to raise money to buy his son the new Harry Potter book; and in “Virgo,” a newspaper editor attempts to get back at his superstitious ex-girlfriend by screwing with her horoscope.

Also included are “Don’t Eat Cat” and “Statistical Abstract of My Hometown, Spokane, Washington,” both of which achieved cult status after their first publication online.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0061926620
• ISBN 13: 9780061926624
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192