Stay Up With Me - Brossura

Barbash, Tom

Brossura

ISBN 10: 147112844X ISBN 13: 9781471128448

Casa editrice: Simon + Schuster UK, 2015

Riassunto

'Stay Up With Me belongs to the tradition of the classic American story and, like John Cheever, Barbash dramatizes the messy lives of New Yorkers' Independent on Sunday

A newly single mother wrestles with the evidence of her son's love life during his Christmas vacation; an anxious husband persists in playing the host at his annual drinks party even though his marriage is in trouble and his wife mysteriously absent; a young man watches his widowed father become the toast of Manhattan's midlife dating scene while he struggles to find his own footing in life . . .

The characters in Tom Barbash's acclaimed, Folio Prize-nominated collection explore the myriad ways we seek to connect with each other and the sometimes cruel world around us. In the classic tradition of John Cheever or Tobias Wolff, Barbash laces his narratives with sharp wit, psychological acuity and pathos, so that they pierce the heart and linger in the imagination.

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Recensione

'One of the most satisfying cover-to-cover short story collections I can remember'
Dave Eggers *'Tom Barbash's wise and bittersweet stories map the gulfs between us, and the unexpected connections. I tried to keep track of my favorite one, but it was always the story I'd just finished' David Mitchell * 'Is there such a thing as the Great American Story Collection? Yes, and this is it' Justin Cronin

L'autore

Tom Barbash is the author of the award-winning novel The Last Good Chance and the non-fiction New York Times Bestseller, On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11: A Story of Loss and Renewal. His stories and articles have been published in Tin House, McSweeney's, VQR, and other publications and have been performed on National Public Radio for the Selected Shorts Series. He currently teaches in the MFA programme at California College of the Arts. He grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and currently lives in Marin County.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Simon + Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 147112844X
• ISBN 13: 9781471128448
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Simone Casetta; 0039 275422215; casetta@mondadori.it; ; Via Mondadori 1,; Segrate Milano; 20090; Italia