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008			151214t20162016nyu 000 j eng
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020			_a9781627793797 _qhardcover
020			_a1627793798 _qhardcover
035			_a(OCoLC)922169328
042			_apcc
092			_aPhillips _bHelen
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aPhillips, Helen, _d1983- _eauthor. _9223056
240	1	0	_aShort stories. _kSelections
245	1	0	_aSome possible solutions : _bstories / _cHelen Phillips.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bHenry Holt and Co., _c2016.
264		4	_c©2016
300			_ax, 213 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0	0	_tThe knowers -- _tSome possible solutions -- _tThe doppelgängers -- _tThe messy joy of the final throes of the dinner party -- _tLife care center -- _tThe joined -- _tFlesh and blood -- _tWhen the tsunami came -- _tGame -- _tOne of us will be happy; it's just a matter of which one -- _tThings we do -- _tR -- _tChildren -- _tThe worst -- _tHow I began to bleed again after six alarming months without -- _tThe beekeeper -- _tThe wedding stairs -- _tContamination generation.
520			_a"In a spine-tingling new collection, the "unique"(NPR) and "wickedly funny" (New York Times) Helen Phillips offers an idiosyncratic series of "what-ifs" about our fragile human condition.Some Possible Solutions offers an idiosyncratic series of "What ifs": What if your perfect hermaphrodite match existed on another planet? What if you could suddenly see through everybody's skin to their organs? What if you knew the exact date of your death? What if your city was filled with doppelgangers of you? Forced to navigate these bizarre scenarios, Phillips' characters search for solutions to the problem of how to survive in an irrational, infinitely strange world. In dystopias that are exaggerated versions of the world in which we live, these characters strive for intimacy and struggle to resolve their fraught relationships with each other, with themselves, and with their place in the natural world. We meet a wealthy woman who purchases a high-tech sex toy in the shape of a man, a rowdy, moody crew of college students who resolve the energy crisis, and orphaned twin sisters who work as futuristic strippers--and with Phillips' characteristic smarts and imagination, we see that no one is quite who they appear. By turns surreal, witty, and perplexing, these marvelous stories are ultimately a reflection of our own reality and of the big questions that we all face. Who are we? Where do we fit? Phillips is a true original and a treasure"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aShort stories, American. _924358
655		7	_aShort stories. _2lcgft _91945
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