Think of Me and I'll Know: Stories - Couverture souple

Varallo, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810152401 ISBN 13 : 9780810152403

Editeur : Northwestern University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The characters in Think of Me and I’ll Know, Anthony Varallo’s probing new collection of stories, face moments in which insight comes too late, or proves insufficient, often to humorous effect. The characters approach the edge of learning something about themselves or about their relationships with other people, only to be left with knowledge that is not particularly useful.

Varallo ably captures the often confused and heartrending perspective of adolescents discovering the world, such as in ""No One at All,"" in which an eleven-year-old boy comes to see that another boy, two years older, is something less than a reliable friend. The author also captures the complications of family dynamics, such as the three generations of women in the related stories ""Lucky Us"" and ""Tragic Little Me."" The stories in Think of Me and I’ll Know show that we are perhaps not much more comprehensible to ourselves than others are to us.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anthony Varallo is an associate professor of English at the College of Charleston. His previous story collections are Out Loud (2008; winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize) and This Day in History (2005; winner of the John Simmons Short Fiction Award).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Northwestern University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810152401
• ISBN 13: 9780810152403
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
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