Radical Empathy - Couverture souple

Romm, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1961897180 ISBN 13 : 9781961897182

Editeur : Four Way Books, 2024

Synopsis

In this new collection of short stories that Ben Fountain declares "all marvels," Robin Romm (author of The Mercy Papers) revels in the mess behind the slick veneer of modern life. A financially-strapped college student sells her sought after "Ivy League eggs" to a movie star, then wrestles with her feelings as the child grows up in the public eye. A long-married wife in the midst of a bungled kitchen remodel imagines the excitement of her neighbor's unstable erotic life. Isolated by quarantine, a young widow contends with a talking daffodil that panders to her in therapy-speak. Disquieting, original and strangely reassuring, these ten new stories make quick work of the easy truths and thoughtless salvos that keep us from seeing the wildness of our irreducible lives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robin Romm is the author of two short story collections, The Mother Garden, and Radical Empathy; a chapbook of stories, The Tilt; as well as a memoir, The Mercy Papers (a New York Times Notable Book). She also compiled and edited the essay collection, Double Bind: Women on Ambition. She's been awarded an O'Henry Prize in short fiction, and was a finalist for the Pen USA prize for her first collection. Her journalism and nonfiction writing have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Wired, O Magazine, Parents, and Slate. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner, the writer Don Waters, and their two spitfire daughters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Four Way Books
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1961897180
• ISBN 13: 9781961897182
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible