Product Description
The sixteen stories in this collection explore the ways we build our sense of self out of our relationships to memory, history, and the people around us. They recognize our frailties, and are generous with our dreams.
From estate sales to birthday parties, from skyscrapers' roofs to cubicle farms, the characters in these stories grapple with the disappointments and exultations of the modern world. Their tone is melancholic but not despondent, wistful but not mournful; wry humor colors the contingent victories to be found in these stories.
This collection contains stories published in small journals (Failbetter, Small Spiral Notebook, Ballyhoo Stories), as well as four previously unpublished pieces.
From estate sales to birthday parties, from skyscrapers' roofs to cubicle farms, the characters in these stories grapple with the disappointments and exultations of the modern world. Their tone is melancholic but not despondent, wistful but not mournful; wry humor colors the contingent victories to be found in these stories.
This collection contains stories published in small journals (Failbetter, Small Spiral Notebook, Ballyhoo Stories), as well as four previously unpublished pieces.
