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Ladataan... Help YourselfTekijä: Curtis Sittenfeld
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This wryly hilarious and insightful new collection of stories illuminates human experience and gracefully upends our assumptions about class and race, envy and disappointment, gender and celebrity. Suburban friends fall out after a racist encounter at a birthday party is caught on video and posted on Facebook; an illustrious Manhattan film crew are victims of their own snobbery when they underestimate a pre-school teacher from the Mid-West; and a group of young writers fight about love and narrative style as they compete for a prestigious bursary. Connecting each of these three stories is Sittenfeld's truthful yet merciless eye. Full of tenderness and compassion, this dazzling collection celebrates our humanity in all its pettiness and glory. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Sittenfeld’s characters are flawed, sometimes to the point where they are unlikeable. But like them or not, they are fascinating – and recognisable. In White Women LOL, the main character is trying to redeem herself by searching for a neighbour’s lost dog. Race and white fragility come together in this story, while Creative Differences looks at the price of a tiny amount of fame and how willing people are to accept the agenda of big business. (Not to mention complex relationships and trade-offs). Show Don’t Tell is the final story about a group of writers in graduate school, and petty disagreements and competitiveness between them. What makes a writer? What makes a writer successful? Does genre matter?
The stories are sharp, with absolutely no filler. As with You Think It, I’ll Say It, any of these stories could become a full novel. They are raw, and keenly observant of how people act and feel, both good and bad. Definitely worth your time and energy.
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