The Angel of Rome - And Other Stories

Informationen zum Autor Jess Walter  is the author of eight novels, including the bestsellers  So Far Gone, The Cold Millions , and  Beautiful Ruins , the National Book Award Finalist  The Zero , and  Citizen Vince,  winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction, collected in  The Angel of Rome  and  We Live in Water , has won the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize and appeared three times in  Best American Short Stories . As a reporter, he was a finalist for the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Ruby Ridge. He lives in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. Klappentext From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions comes a stunning collection about those moments when everything changes?for the better, for the worse, for the outrageous?as a diverse cast of characters bounces from Italy to Idaho, questioning their roles in life and finding inspiration in the unlikeliest places. We all live like we're famous now, curating our social media presences, performing our identities, withholding those parts of ourselves we don't want others to see. In this riveting collection of stories from acclaimed author Jess Walter, a teenage girl tries to live up to the image of her beautiful, missing mother. An elderly couple confronts the fiction writer eavesdropping on their conversation. A son must repeatedly come out to his senile father while looking for a place to care for the old man. A famous actor in recovery has a one-night stand with the world's most surprising film critic. And in the romantic title story, a shy twenty-one-year-old studying Latin in Rome during ?the year of my reinvention? finds himself face-to-face with the Italian actress of his adolescent dreams. Funny, poignant, and redemptive, this collection of short fiction offers a dazzling range of voices, backdrops, and situations. With his signature wit and bighearted approach to the darkest parts of humanity, Walter tackles the modern condition with a timeless touch, once again ?solidifying his place in the contemporary canon as one of our most gifted builders of fictional worlds? (Esquire). Zusammenfassung From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions comes a stunning collection about those moments when everything changes—for the better, for the worse, for the outrageous—as a diverse cast of characters bounces from Italy to Idaho, questioning their roles in life and finding inspiration in the unlikeliest places. We all live like we’re famous now, curating our social media presences, performing our identities, withholding those parts of ourselves we don’t want others to see. In this riveting collection of stories from acclaimed author Jess Walter, a teenage girl tries to live up to the image of her beautiful, missing mother. An elderly couple confronts the fiction writer eavesdropping on their conversation. A son must repeatedly come out to his senile father while looking for a place to care for the old man. A famous actor in recovery has a one-night stand with the world's most surprising film critic. And in the romantic title story, a shy twenty-one-year-old studying Latin in Rome during “the year of my reinvention” finds himself face-to-face with the Italian actress of his adolescent dreams. Funny, poignant, and redemptive, this collection of short fiction offers a dazzling range of voices, backdrops, and situations. With his signature wit and bighearted approach to the darkest parts of humanity, Walter tackles the modern condition with a timeless touch, once again “solidifying his place in the contemporary canon as one of our most gifted builders of fictional worlds” ( Esquire ). ...

Bericht

"Empathetic yet unsentimental [and] intensely affecting fiction...[Walter] manages to render multiple generations of emotionally complex lives in just a handful of pages. . . . The stories in The Angel of Rome are largehearted and wonderfully inventive. They can be savored at the dentist's office, or anywhere, without an eye on the clock." - Hilma Wolitzer, New York Times Book Review
"The Best Short Story Writer in 21st Century America? ... I was unprepared to fall headlong in love with this writer ... What makes Jess Walter so good? For starters, there's the way he gets deep into a diverse array of heads and hearts ... In the end, it is (his) fully imagined citizenship in our world that is his primary power. Call it a vision, a prowess, or an instinct, but whatever the word, it cannot be taught in grad school. - Arts Fuse
"A glorious addition to the oeuvre. . . . So. Damn. Funny. . . . Prepare for delight." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Walter's new collection of stories gives us characters as diverse as an actor in recovery, an exchange student in Rome, a teenage girl grappling with the loss of her mother, and a young gay man struggling to connect with his elderly father. Walter is sure to bring his poignant touch to these stories as he did with his previous books, Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions." - Lit Hub
"If it were possible to sum up Jess Walter's The Angel of Rome and Other Stories in a word, it would be humane. In the 12 wide-ranging, consistently empathetic stories that compose his second collection, he creates a memorable assortment of characters who bump up against life's inevitable obstacles, large and small, then stumble through or surmount them. . . . The tales in The Angel of Rome aren't easily categorized, but each one provides a refreshingly honest glimpse into what it means to be alive." - BookPage (Starred Review)
"Walter's intriguing and witty collection of short fiction stories shines a light on the lives of a diverse range of characters experiencing existential crises while searching for inspiration. Despite the fact that The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories is fictional, it's unequivocally relatable and insightful, perhaps even encouraging the reader to do a little bit of their own introspective thinking." - Town & Country
"Reading Jess Walter's second collection of short stories, one is shepherded through sometimes gritty terrain, but with the constant assurance of finding light and unexpected laughs. He mines gold from the profound perspectives of his unique characters." - Christian Science Monitor
"(Jess Walter's) newest short story collection, The Angel of Rome and Other Stories, is the mark of a profoundly talented writer who can capture the internal lives of a 20-something barista living in Bend, Oregon, an older man glaring at kids from his window in Spokane and an Italian actress reflecting on how she never got her dream role in equally persuasive and poignant ways." - Seattle Times
"He's at the very top of his game. . . . The stories Walter's characters create come from pain and joy and the pasts they can't forget. The result is a powerful collection, insightful and frequently quite funny, which stuns in all sorts of unexpected ways." - Michael Schaub, Alta
"A transfixing cast of characters navigating fame, performance, identity, aging, and romance." - Elle

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jess Walter
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.06.2023
• EAN: 9780062868121
• ISBN: 978-0-06-286812-1
• Seiten: 288
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 16 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Humorous fiction, Anthologies: general, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: Psychological, LITERATURE: SHORT STORIES, Literature / General Fiction, Literature / Short Stories