Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events
A Story from Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events
On Sale: 07/31/2012
Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events
A Story from Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events
On Sale: 07/31/2012
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About the Book
In the title story from Kevin Moffett's dazzling new collection, Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events, a young, struggling writer discovers that his father has begun to publish short stories—good ones, too—under the son's own name. The result is a brilliant and occasionally hilarious look at the meeting point of creative anxiety and the combustible father-son relationship.
Critical Praise
“The first thing you notice reading the stories in Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events is the author’s extraordinary range--of expertise, technique, imagination and wit. There doesn’t seem to be much Kevin Moffett can’t do.” — Richard Russo
“Kevin Moffett’s stories are stealth heartbreakers, as well as wonders of sly detail and perfect tone. He’s writing some of the best short fiction around.” — Sam Lipsyte
“These stories are as enormously funny as they are enormously sad. Moffett deals in wisdom, humor, and sympathy with extraordinary fluency; the results are always as unsettling as they are reassuring. And this seems to me about as close as you can come to writing the truth about life.” — Chris Adrian
“Humor is too often heartless, sheer cleverness lacking content. Kevin Moffett is a member of that delightful minority that takes up the ordinary to reveal the extraordinary. These stories are funny, insightful, and reveal, but never strive for, true depth.” — Alice Sebold
“Moffett’s work is melancholy and funny at the same time. . . . Language soars in unexpected directions. . . . This collection will leave readers grateful to have encountered characters who are as odd as they are, as sad as they may be, and as stupidly hopeful.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Marvelous stories.” — Vanity Fair
“One of the most delightful collections in recent memory. . . . It’s rare to see as bright a star as Moffett on the literary scene. With this lovely collection, he is one to watch.” — The Rumpus
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780062233202
- ISBN 10: 0062233203
- Imprint: Harper Perennial
- On Sale: 07/31/2012
- Pages: 240
- List Price:11.99 CAD
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