Maggie Brown & others / Peter Orner.
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TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 322 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316516112
- 0316516112
- Maggie Brown and others
- Short stories. Selections
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one "a marvel of concision and compassion" ( Washington Post ), a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and "master of his form" ( New York Times ) takes the short story to new heights.
Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls" ( NYT Book Review ), chronicles people whose lives are at inflection points, gripping us with a series of defining moments.
Whether it's a first date that turns into a late-night road trip to a séance in an abandoned airplane hangar, or a family's memories of the painful mystery surrounding a neglected uncle's demise, Orner reveals how our fleeting decisions between kindness and abandonment chase us across time. These stories are anchored by a poignant novella that delivers not only the joys and travails of a forty-year marriage, but an entire era in a working-class New England city. Bristling with the crackling energy of life itself, Maggie Brown & Others marks the most sustained achievement to date for "a master of his form" ( New York Times ). A New York Times Notable Book A Chicago Tribune Notable Book An Oprah Magazine Best Book of 2019 Kirkus Reviews Best Short Fiction of 2019 Longlisted for the Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Prize
In his orchestral and moving new book, Peter Orner ... chronicles people whose lives are at inflection points. In forty-four compressed gems, he grips us with a series of defining moments. Whether it's a first date that turns into a late-night road trip to a séance in an abandoned airplane hangar, or a family's memories of the painful mystery surrounding a forgotten uncle's demise, Orner reveals how our fleeting decisions between kindness and abandonment chase us across time.