Elated By Details: Award-winning Short Stories [Hardcover]

Adam Freedman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2003

Winner of Mayhaven's Awards for Fiction. Biting satire, dazzling wordplay guides a cast of dysfunctional characters to their inevitable comeuppances.

Editorial Reviews

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"....Freedman's tales grab us not by promising an unexpected resolution (it's always some degree of shameful defeat)...." -- Pablo Baler, author of Circa

"....these wicked and wise stories catalogue...details with pace and verve, precision and vivacity....a voice uniquely his own." -- Andrew Lewis Conn, author

"Freedman has a novelist's eye and a comedy-writer's pace." -- Fareed Zakaria, author of The Future of Freedom

"There are plenty of side-splitting stories ... such as the character who ... literally gets a job in a fantasy land." -- 24/7 (Courier-Life Newspapers) February 23, 2004

Few contemporary short story writers have the skills (or ambitions) of Freedman. -- Bookslut, July 2004

About the Author

Freedman's short fiction has been recognized in the G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Fiction, the Green River Writers Competition, and the H. E. Francis Short Story Competition.

A former editor and columnist for the Buenos Aires Herald, Freedman has written travel and humor for Newsweek International, Slate, and The Guardian Weekly. He is also a regular columnist for the New York Law Journal.

He lives in Brooklyn and is working on a novel.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 242 pages
• Publisher: Mayhaven Publishing; First Edition edition (November 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878044990
• ISBN-13: 978-1878044990
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,119,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wise, witty and well said, December 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Elated By Details: Award-winning Short Stories (Hardcover)

I recently picked this book up and only put it down because I was late for work. Freedman's fresh, wise, and witty stories are simultaneously dark and delightful. I highly recommend Elated by Details and look forward to the author's future work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Urbane, funny, fizzy, original, wonderful, December 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Elated By Details: Award-winning Short Stories (Hardcover)

This is a winning and witty debut collection of short stories, told with great humor and finesse. Collectively, these stories also present a portrait of New York as magical as any in recent literary memory. Bravo!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An engrossing cavalcade of human drama, June 12, 2004

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This review is from: Elated By Details: Award-winning Short Stories (Hardcover)

Elated By Details is the debut collection of award winning short stories by Adam Freedman. Combining sharp-witted satire, word play with a twist, and cast of dysfunctional characters speeding to their self-determined dark fates, Elated By Details reads in a deliciously extravagant and indulgent manner, luring one in for more despite the compelling grip of self-destructive human nature that so prevades the tongue-in-cheek tales. An engrossing cavalcade of human drama leaving the reader hungry for more.