Fun with Problems - Couverture rigide

Stone, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0618386254 ISBN 13 : 9780618386253

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

Synopsis

In Fun with Problems, Robert Stone demonstrates once again that he is "one of our greatest living writers" (Los Angeles Times). The pieces in this new volume vary greatly in length—some are almost novellas, others no more than a page—but all share the signature blend of longing, violence, black humor, sex and drugs that has helped Stone illuminate the dark corners of the human soul. Entire lives are laid out with remarkable precision, in captivating prose: a screenwriter carries on a decades-long affair with a beautiful actress, whose descent into addiction he can neither turn from nor share; a bored husband picks up a mysterious woman only to find that his ego has led him woefully astray; a world-beating Silicon Valley executive receives an unwelcome guest at his mansion in the hills; a scuba dive guides uneasy newlyweds to a point of no return. Fun with Problems showcases Stone's great gift: to pinpoint and make real the impulses--by turns violently coercive and quietly seductive--that cause us to conceal, reveal, and betray our very selves.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In Fun with Problems, Robert Stone demonstrates once again that he is "one of our greatest living writers" ( Los Angeles Times) . The pieces in this new volume vary greatly in length—some are almost novellas, others no more than a page—but all share the signature blend of longing, violence, black humor, sex and drugs that has helped Stone illuminate the dark corners of the human soul. Entire lives are laid out with remarkable precision, in captivating prose: a screenwriter carries on a decades-long affair with a beautiful actress, whose descent into addiction he can neither turn from nor share; a bored husband picks up a mysterious woman only to find that his ego has led him woefully astray; a world-beating Silicon Valley executive receives an unwelcome guest at his mansion in the hills; a scuba dive guides uneasy newlyweds to a point of no return. Fun with Problems showcases Stone's great gift: to pinpoint and make real the impulses--by turns violently coercive and quietly seductive--that cause us to conceal, reveal, and betray our very selves.

Revue de presse

Praise for PRIME GREEN:"A brilliant chronicler of the geopolitics of irony and doom. It's Stone's missive from his piece of psychedelic history--his postcards from the edge."--Boston Globe "An enticing journey whose only flaw is its brevity. If Hemingway had lived through the sixties he might well have written this book."--Wall Street Journal Praise for BEAR AND HIS DAUGHTER:"Stone, one of contemporary fiction's big talents, probes his characters to the existential core. At stake in these dazzling stories is nothing less than his characters' souls."--People "A volume of short stories that belongs alongside those of Raymond Carver ... brilliant, moving, often gloriously funny and triumphant."--San Francisco Chronicle

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0618386254
• ISBN 13: 9780618386253
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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