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S'està carregant… Notes from the fog : stories (2018 original; edició 2018)de Ben Marcus
Informació de l'obraNotes from the Fog: Stories de Ben Marcus (2018)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. What Marcus describes in these stories feels like the remains leftover after a world-wide collapse. All of the protagonists are emotionally beaten up and have become astute realists in their worldviews. They're haunted by the familiar humans emotions of loneliness, obsession, illness, grief and suffering. But the beauty is in how Marcus takes control of language and forces it to bend to his own singular sense of style in describing their stories. ( ) What Marcus describes in these stories feels like the remains leftover after a world-wide collapse. All of the protagonists are emotionally beaten up and have become astute realists in their worldviews. They're haunted by the familiar humans emotions of loneliness, obsession, illness, grief and suffering. But the beauty is in how Marcus takes control of language and forces it to bend to his own singular sense of style in describing their stories. This collection of short stories is electrifying! Futuristic, frightening visions of being human in a depersonalized society are created with a stunning use of language. Marcus's prose wrests any sense of complacency from the very soul of the reader and leaves in its place an awakened, shaken, and rearranged world view. These are not stories to be taken lightly! Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"Thirteen transfixing new stories from one of the most innovative writers of his generation and one of the most vital and original voices of our time--for fans of George Saunders, Nathan Englander, and Elizabeth Strout. In these thirteen ingenious stories, Ben Marcus reveals moments of redemption in the sometimes nightmarish modern world. In "The Grow-Light Blues," a hapless, corporate drone finds love after being disfigured testing his employer's newest nutrition supplement--the enhanced glow from his computer monitor. In the chilling "Cold Little Bird," a father finds himself alienated from his family when he starts to suspect that his son's precocity has turned sinister. "The Boys" follows a sister who descends into an affair with her recently widowed brother-in-law. In "Blueprints for St. Louis," two architects in a flailing marriage consider the ethics of adding a mist that artificially incites emotion in mourners to their latest assignment, a memorial to a terrorist attack. A heartbreaking collection of stories that showcases the author's compassion, tenderness, and mordant humor--blistering, beautiful work from a modern master"--
"Thirteen transfixing new stories from one of the most innovative writers of his generation and one of the most vital and original voices of our time--for fans of George Saunders, Nathan Englander, and Elizabeth Strout"-- No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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