Stay Up With Me - Couverture rigide

Barbash, Tom

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1471128423 ISBN 13 : 9781471128424

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

The stories in Tom Barbash's evocative and often darkly funny collection explore the myriad ways we try to connect to one another and to the sometimes cruel world around us. The newly single mother in 'The Break' interferes with her son's love life over his Christmas vacation from college. The anxious young man in 'Balloon Night' persists in hosting his and his wife's annual watch-the-Macy's-Thanksgiving-Day-Parade-floats-be-inflated party, while trying to keep the myth of his marriage equally afloat. The young narrator in 'The Women' watches his widowed father become the toast of Manhattan's midlife dating scene, as he struggles to find his own footing.

The characters in Stay Up With Mefind new truths when the old ones have given out or shifted course. Barbash laces his narratives with sharp humour, psychological acuity, and pathos, creating deeply resonant and engaging stories that pierce the heart and linger in the imagination.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tom Barbash is the author of the award-winning novel The Last Good Chance and the New York Times non-fiction bestseller, On Top of the World. His stories and articles have been published in Tin House, McSweeney's, VQR and other publications, and have been performed on US National Public Radio. Raised in Manhattan, he currently lives in California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1471128423
• ISBN 13: 9781471128424
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible