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Highlights
- From bestselling author Ann Beattie comes an intense, knockout novella that perfectly captures a time and a place--New York in the '80s.
- About the Author: Ann Beattie has been included in five O. Henry Award Collections, in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Short Stories of the Century.
- 112 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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About the Book
A knockout new novella that perfectly captures a time and a place--New York in the '80s--from iconic American writer Beattie.Book Synopsis
From bestselling author Ann Beattie comes an intense, knockout novella that perfectly captures a time and a place--New York in the '80s. It is 1980 in New York City, and Jane, a valedictorian fresh out of Harvard, strikes a deal with Neil, an intoxicating writer twenty years her senior. The two quickly become lovers, living together in a Chelsea brownstone, and Neil reveals the rules for a life well lived: If you take food home from a restaurant, don't say it's because you want leftovers for "the dog." Say that you want the bones for "a friend who does autopsies." If you can't stand on your head (which is best), learn to do cartwheels. Have sex in airplane bathrooms. Wear only raincoats made in England. Neil's certainties, Jane discovers, mask his deceptions. Her true education begins. "One of our era's most vital masters of the short form" (The Washington Post), Beattie brilliantly captures a time, a place and a style of engagement. Her voice is original and iconic.Review Quotes
"All women who have thought 'run!' -- but did not run -- will experience this book like a familiar dream. It's full of echoes and resonant fractures, and so beguiling in its eerie simplicity. I read it twice."--Miranda July, author of No One Belongs Here More Than You
About the Author
Ann Beattie has been included in five O. Henry Award Collections, in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Short Stories of the Century. She is the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story. In 2005, she received the Rea Award for the Short Story. The former Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, she is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Maine, Virginia, and Florida.Dimensions (Overall): 7.3 Inches (H) x 5.84 Inches (W) x .35 Inches (D)
Weight: .23 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 112
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Ann Beattie
Language: English
Street Date: June 8, 2010
TCIN: 87375316
UPC: 9781439168691
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-8205
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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