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Today a woman went mad in the supermarket : stories / Hilma Wolitzer ; foreword by Elizabeth Strout.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021Description: xvi, 179 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781635577624
  • 1635577624
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Today a woman went mad in the supermarket -- Waiting for daddy -- Photographs -- Mrs. X -- Sundays -- Nights -- Overtime -- The sex maniac -- Trophies -- Bodies -- Mother -- Love -- The great escape.
Summary: "The uncannily relevant, deliciously clear-eyed collected stories of a critically acclaimed, award-winning "American literary treasure" (Boston Globe), ripe for rediscovery--with a foreword by Elizabeth Strout. From her many well-loved novels, Hilma Wolitzer--now 90 years old and at the top of her game--has gained a reputation as one of our best fiction writers, who "raises ordinary people and everyday occurrences to a new height." (Washington Post) These collected short stories--most of them originally published in magazines including Esquire and The Saturday Evening Post in the 1960s and 1970s, along with a new story that brings her early characters into the present--are evocative of an era that still resonates deeply today. In the title story, a bystander tries to soothe a woman who seems to have cracked under the pressures of motherhood. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer's stories zero in on the domestic sphere and ordinary life with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. Brilliantly capturing the tensions and contradictions of daily life, Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket is full of heart and insight, providing a lens into a world that was often unseen at the time, and often overlooked now--reintroducing a beloved writer to be embraced by a whole new generation of readers"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Fiction WOLITZER HILMA Available 33111010623748
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction WOLITZER HILMA Available 33111010764823
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library Fiction WOLITZER HILMA Available 33111009867868
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An NPR Best Book of the Year
A New York Times Editors' Choice
A People magazine "Book of the Week"
A Minneapolis Star Tribune Holiday Pick
A Kirkus "Fully Booked" Editors Pick
An Electric Literature Best Short Story Collection of the Year
Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize

The uncannily relevant, deliciously clear-eyed collected stories of a critically acclaimed, award-winning "American literary treasure" ( Boston Globe ), ripe for rediscovery--with a foreword by Elizabeth Strout.

From her many well-loved novels, Hilma Wolitzer--now ninety-one years old and at the top of her game--has gained a reputation as one of our best fiction writers, who "raises ordinary people and everyday occurrences to a new height." ( Washington Post ) These collected short stories--most of them originally published in magazines including Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post , in the 1960s and 1970s, along with a new story that brings her early characters into the present--are evocative of an era that still resonates deeply today.

In the title story, a bystander tries to soothe a woman who seems to have cracked under the pressures of her life. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer's stories zero in on the domestic sphere with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. Brilliantly capturing the tensions and contradictions of daily life, Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket is full of heart and insight, providing a lens into a world that was often unseen at the time, and often overlooked now--reintroducing a beloved writer to be embraced by a whole new generation of readers.

Today a woman went mad in the supermarket -- Waiting for daddy -- Photographs -- Mrs. X -- Sundays -- Nights -- Overtime -- The sex maniac -- Trophies -- Bodies -- Mother -- Love -- The great escape.

"The uncannily relevant, deliciously clear-eyed collected stories of a critically acclaimed, award-winning "American literary treasure" (Boston Globe), ripe for rediscovery--with a foreword by Elizabeth Strout. From her many well-loved novels, Hilma Wolitzer--now 90 years old and at the top of her game--has gained a reputation as one of our best fiction writers, who "raises ordinary people and everyday occurrences to a new height." (Washington Post) These collected short stories--most of them originally published in magazines including Esquire and The Saturday Evening Post in the 1960s and 1970s, along with a new story that brings her early characters into the present--are evocative of an era that still resonates deeply today. In the title story, a bystander tries to soothe a woman who seems to have cracked under the pressures of motherhood. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer's stories zero in on the domestic sphere and ordinary life with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. Brilliantly capturing the tensions and contradictions of daily life, Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket is full of heart and insight, providing a lens into a world that was often unseen at the time, and often overlooked now--reintroducing a beloved writer to be embraced by a whole new generation of readers"-- Provided by publisher.

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