Twilight of the Superheroes
Deborah Eisenberg is nearly unmatched in her mastery of the short-story form. Now, in her newest collection, she demonstrates once again her virtuosic abilities in precisely distilled, perfectly shaped studies of human connection and disconnection. From a group of friends whose luck in acquiring...
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Deborah Eisenberg is nearly unmatched in her mastery of the short-story form. Now, in her newest collection, she demonstrates once again her virtuosic abilities in precisely distilled, perfectly shaped studies of human connection and disconnection. From a group of friends whose luck in acquiring a luxurious Manhattan sublet turns to disaster as their balcony becomes a front-row seat to the catastrophe of 9/11, to the too painful love of a brother for his schizophrenic sister, Eisenberg brilliantly "illustrates the lives of people rubbed raw by what the fates have sent them" (Vanity Fair).
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312425937 (0312425937)
ASIN: 312425937
Publish date: January 23rd 2007
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 225
Edition language: English
Brilliant writing. I'm a novice when it comes to reading short stories, but I can't say I loved this book because it was so damn depressing. I don't always need a happy ending, but the lack of resolution in these stories (even though that is clearly the point) kept me from liking it more. I would de...
Blech!I tried to muddle through this collection, but it was difficult. I had no idea what the author was talking about half the time. I couldn't figure out if she just had ADHD or I had an attention deficit disorder of my own. Take, for example, the following passage from the title story"And actu...