In
Fun with Problems, Robert Stone demonstrates once again that he isnbsp;8220;one of our greatest living writers8221; (
Los Angeles Times)
. The stories in this new collection sharenbsp;the signature blend of longing, violence, andnbsp;black humor with whichnbsp;Stone illuminates the dark corners of the human soul. Entire lives are laid bare with remarkable precision, in captivating prose: a screenwriter carries on a decades-long affair with a beautiful actress, whose descent into addiction he can neither turn from nor share; a bored husband picks up a mysterious woman only to find that his ego has led him woefully astray; a world-beating Silicon Valley executive receives an unwelcome guest at his mansion in the hills; a scuba dive takes uneasy newlyweds to a point of no return.
Fun with Problems showcases Stone8217;s great gift: to pinpoint and make real the impulses8212;by turns violently coercive and quietly seductive8212;that cause us to conceal, reveal, and betray our truest selves.
A wildly successful technology executive grapples with his personal demons. A Hollywood screenwriter suffers through a decades-long romance with a mentally unstable actress. An alcoholic professor turns against the people who once exalted him. A marvelous and devastating short-story collection by one of America's greatest authors, Robert Stone's FUN WITH PROBLEMS features dynamic protagonists brought low by their own tragic flaws and the unrelenting mercilessness of the world and time. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of 2010.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Literary Genres + Types of Novels
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Pages: 195
- Edition: Reprint
- Language:
English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date:
September 1, 2010
- Date Published:
September 1, 2010
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Author: Robert Stone
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- ISBN: 9780547394534
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