Other minds and other stories /
Sims, Bennett,
Other minds and other stories / Bennett Sims. - 203 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm
'mummia di grottarossa' -- Unknown -- Other minds -- Pecking order -- new violence -- Portonaccio sarcophagus -- Afterlives -- Minds of winter -- Introduction to the reading of Hegel -- nightmare -- postcard -- Medusa. La The A The
From the award-winning author of A Questionable Shape and White Dialogues, a brilliant, anxious, and hilarious new collection. A man lends his phone to a stranger in the mall, setting off an uncanny series of Unknown calls that come to haunt his relationship with jealousy and dread. A well-meaning locavore tries to butcher his backyard chickens humanely, only to find himself absorbed into the absurd violence of the pecking order. A student applying for a philosophy fellowship struggles to project himself into the thoughts of his hypothetical judges, becoming increasingly possessed and overpowered by the problem of other minds. And in "The Postcard," a private detective is hired to investigate a posthumous message that a widower has seemingly received from his dead wife, leading him into a foggy landscape of lost memories, shifting identities, and strange doublings. Cerebral and eerie, captivating and profound, these twelve stories expertly guide us through the paranoia and obsession of everyday horrors, not least the horrors of overthinking what other people might be thinking. With all of Sims's trademark virtuosity, innovation, and wit, Other Minds and Other Stories continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary fiction.
9781953387356 1953387357
Short stories, American.
Short stories.
Other minds and other stories / Bennett Sims. - 203 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm
'mummia di grottarossa' -- Unknown -- Other minds -- Pecking order -- new violence -- Portonaccio sarcophagus -- Afterlives -- Minds of winter -- Introduction to the reading of Hegel -- nightmare -- postcard -- Medusa. La The A The
From the award-winning author of A Questionable Shape and White Dialogues, a brilliant, anxious, and hilarious new collection. A man lends his phone to a stranger in the mall, setting off an uncanny series of Unknown calls that come to haunt his relationship with jealousy and dread. A well-meaning locavore tries to butcher his backyard chickens humanely, only to find himself absorbed into the absurd violence of the pecking order. A student applying for a philosophy fellowship struggles to project himself into the thoughts of his hypothetical judges, becoming increasingly possessed and overpowered by the problem of other minds. And in "The Postcard," a private detective is hired to investigate a posthumous message that a widower has seemingly received from his dead wife, leading him into a foggy landscape of lost memories, shifting identities, and strange doublings. Cerebral and eerie, captivating and profound, these twelve stories expertly guide us through the paranoia and obsession of everyday horrors, not least the horrors of overthinking what other people might be thinking. With all of Sims's trademark virtuosity, innovation, and wit, Other Minds and Other Stories continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary fiction.
9781953387356 1953387357
Short stories, American.
Short stories.