Un Bref Instant De Romantisme
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782290014981 (2290014982)
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: J'ai lu
Pages no: 217
Edition language: French
Category:
Humor,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Anthologies,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Short Stories,
Glbt,
Queer
Expelling the Dust'The Man on the Stairs' (book club read)The Man on the Stairs is an extended snapshot in a woman's life, in which a familiar (July gives it a tired, worn out feeling, like the T-shirt the woman is wearing, doubtless ugly and shapeless, unloved, a stultifying comfort-zone) sequence ...
Miranda July corners the market on sad, eccentric, borderline psychotic characters. They were disturbing and what was more disturbing was seeing parts of myself in almost all of them. This collection was a huge punch in the gut.
Miranda July writes for relationship damaged city dwellers: those between Sex And The City and Woody Allen movies. Mythical creatures randomly thrown into this world, amazed while permanently shaking their heads over everything, and somehow still getting along. In almost all of those 16 stories ar...
Was just approved for this on NetGalley. Yay! I'm looking forward to reading it :)Though I might want to try to search out the first book in the series for this if I can do so.
The stories in Miranda July's collection No One Belongs Here More Than You tell of encounters and relationships outside the realm of what we, as readers, are often exposed to. Surprising is a good word for this collection. The characters and the situations we find them in are surprising to your aver...
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