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The Paris Review Book of People with Problemsby Paris Review
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The Paris Review has introduced the important writers of the day. Adrienne Rich was first published in its pages, as were Philip Roth, V. S. Naipaul, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Mona Simpson, Edward P. Jones, and Rick Moody. In addition to the focus on original creative work, The Paris Review's Writers at Work interview series offers authors a rare opportunity to discuss their life and art at length. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The Paris Review asks: who hasn't survived a tax audit, a snowstorm, a break-up, or presided over a murder?
The next addictively clever Paris Review anthology is not a self-help manual; rather it is a wicked elaboration on the human effort to overcome — and instigate — trouble. Throughout these pages you will find men plagued with guilt, women burdened by history, scientists bound by passion, mothers fogged with delusion, and lovers vexed with jealousy. In the theme that encompasses every life, no protagonist — or reader! — is exempt.
Among those to appear: Review:"All fiction concerns people with problems — without them, after all, where's the plot? — but the characters in these 17 stories, originally published in the Paris Review between 1974 and 2004, have been dealt particularly bad hands. Some, like the junkie mother in Malinda McCollum's 'The Fifth Wall,' have screwed up their lives pretty thoroughly, while others appear to be merely drifting along, like the therapist in Charles Baxter's 'Westland.' The tone shifts from story to story: Joanna Scott traces the beginnings of a psychoanalyst's obsession with a patient in the neutral language of a case history, while Elizabeth Gilbert continually ups the farcical stakes as she spins a yarn about a violent nightclub owner, his magician daughter and their rabbit. Other contributors include Denis Johnson, Mary Robison, Rick Bass and Norman Rush. Charlie Smith's tale of drunken buddies who hook up with a naked woman on a canoeing trip is the only real misstep, coming off like a parody of stories of rural dysfunction. But this is overall a strong anthology of tales of trouble. (July)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"[A]n expert collation of professional-managerial angst." San Francisco Chronicle Synopsis:The next addictively clever Paris Review anthology is not a self-help manual; rather it is a wicked elaboration on the human effort to overcome — and instigate — trouble. Among those to appear are Annie Proulx, Norman Rush, Elizabeth Gilbert, Rick Bass, Andre Dubus, and Julie Orringer. Synopsis:"The Paris Review" asks: who hasn't survived a tax audit, a snowstorm, a breakup, or presided over a murder? The next addictively clever "Paris Review" anthology is not a self-help manual; rather it is a wicked elaboration on the human effort to overcome--and instigate--trouble. Contributors include Annie Proulx, Andre Dubus, Norman Rush, and others. About the AuthorThe Paris Review has published the work of Gabriel García Márquez, Alice Munro, Raymond Carver, Michael Chabon, and Jack Kerouac, among many others. They celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in 2003. Table of ContentsIntroduction...Stephin Merritt A Borderline Case...Joanna Scott The Wamsutter Wolf...Annie Proulx The Dream Vendor's August...Ben Okri The Brown Coast...Wells Tower When She Is Old and I Am Famous...Julie Orringer The Hermit's Story...Rick Bass Snow...James Lasdun The Fifth Wall...Malinda McCollum Instruments of Seduction...Norman Rush Train Dreams...Denis Johnson Likely Lake...Mary Robison Westland...Charles Baxter Birthmark...Miranda July Audit...Richard Stern The Famous Torn and Restored Lit Cigarette Trick...Elizabeth Gilbert Widow Water...Frederick Busch Crystal River...Charlie Smith Contributors Acknowledgments What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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