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Zusatztext These eleven short stories about lust, womanhood and self-identity portray the author’s meticulous skill for observation as she draws out the amusing and the melancholic from seemingly everyday interactions. . . Sestanovich expertly places you in the mind of different women, young and old, rich and poor, single and in relationships. The stolen glimpses into the complex minds of her characters will leave you unable to resist writing the rest of their story in your head Informationen zum Autor Clare Sestanovich is the author of Objects of Desire, published by Picador, which was a finalist for the PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize. She was named a "5 Under 35" honoree by the National Book Foundation in 2022. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Harper's, The Drift, and Electric Literature. She lives in Brooklyn. Klappentext Eleven stories of sly and disarming power, about womanhood and families - an astonishing debut by a young New Yorker editor and bold new literary voice. Vorwort Eleven stories of sly and disarming power, about womanhood and families – an astonishing debut by a young New Yorker editor and bold new literary voice. Zusammenfassung Eleven stories of sly and disarming power, about womanhood and families - an astonishing debut by a young New Yorker editor and bold new literary voice.
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Sestanovich's elegant prose takes seriously the quiet unrest that can ravage a life, and makes room for the pleasure and discovery that can be found in that ruin Raven Leilani, author of Luster
