000			04164cam a22005058i 4500
001			on1098236449
003			OCoLC
005			20200312095600.0
008			190418s2019 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2019016016
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCF _dYDX _dBDX _dCMI _dOCLCO _dZVR _dOCLCO _dIMT _dNZAUC _dB@L _dOCLCO _dILC _dCLE _dNFG
019			_a1102343990
020			_a9780143134282 _q(trade paperback)
020			_a0143134280 _q(trade paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1098236449 _z(OCoLC)1102343990
042			_apcc
092			_aKispert, _bPeter
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aKispert, Peter, _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aShort stories. _kSelections
245	1	0	_aI know you know who I am : _bstories / _cPeter Kispert.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPenguin Books, _c[2020].
300			_a226 pages ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"In the linked and tightly thematic stories of I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM, Kispert explores deception, performance, and the uneasiness of reconciling a queer identity with the wider world, with characters who try to navigate that dissonance by acting like another person for someone else. Throughout the collection we meet gay characters who have created sometimes elaborate falsehoods and who now must cope with the way that those deceptions eat at the very fabric of their lives and relationships. In the title story, the protagonist, desperate to save a love affair on the rocks, hires an actor to play an invented friend during an arranged meeting with his boyfriend; in "Aim for the Heart", the main character's lies about a hunting habit have left him with an unexpected deer carcass and the need to parse unsettling high school memories; in "Mooring", a trip back to the protagonist's unexpectedly dilapidated childhood home reveals the ways that he has warped the truth in his current relationship when describing his feelings about his father. Throughout the book, moments of deception collide with moments of high-stakes and at times hyper-real performance, creating a stunning portrait of queer characters searching for paths to intimacy and attempting to deal with their own vulnerability. I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM is a densely woven collection about emotional damage in the tradition of Mary Gaitskill's BAD BEHAVIOR". -- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aPart I: I KNOW. I know you know who I am ; Puncture ; River is to ocean as __ is to heart ; Human resources ; Aim for the heart ; Audition ; How to live your best life -- Part II: YOU KNOW. Please hold ; Be alive ; Breathing underwater ; Signs ; Rorschach ; Goldfish bowl ; Diving, drifting -- Part III: WHO I AM. Master's thesis ; Touch pool ; Clearwater ; Tourniquet ; In the palm of his hand ; Double edge ; Mooring.
520			_aIn a series of linked stories, Kispert explores deception, performance, and the uneasiness of reconciling a queer identity with the wider world. His characters try to navigate that dissonance by acting like another person for someone else. Throughout the collection we meet gay characters who have created sometimes elaborate falsehoods and who now must cope with the way that those deceptions eat at the very fabric of their lives and relationships. They are characters searching for paths to intimacy and attempting to deal with their own vulnerability. adapted from publisher info
650		0	_aGay men _xIdentity _vFiction.
650		0	_aDeception _vFiction. _964864
650		0	_aIntimacy (Psychology) _vFiction. _9222160
655		7	_aPsychological fiction. _2lcgft _9833
655		7	_aShort stories. _2lcgft _91945
700	1	2	_aKispert, Peter. _tPuncture.
700	1	2	_aKispert, Peter. _tRiver is to ocean as--is to heart.
700	1	2	_aKispert, Peter. _tHuman resources.
700	1	2	_aKispert, Peter. _tAim for the heart.
700	1	2	_aKispert, Peter. _tAudition.
700	1	2	_aKispert, Peter. _tHow to live your best life.
700	1	2	_aKispert, Peter. _tPlease hold.
700	1	2	_aKispert, Peter. _tBe alive.
700	1	2	_aKispert, Peter. _tBreathing underwater.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c307119 _d307119