Bliss and other short stories

This daring collection of nine stories introduces readers to an edgy vision and a world in which certainties are tested and found wanting. A Cambodian refugee negotiates the icy waters of American social and sexual life. A young couple seeks "peak experiences" to escape grief, only to discover that they've brought it along with them. A teenage girl, unable to face the imminent end of her grandfather's life, risks her own life in an impulsive act. A man's fragile hold on reality becomes the key to his finding, albeit through a terrifying labyrinth, his heart's desire. The characters in "Bliss and Other Short Stories "must find their way to a truth that, though less than perfect, is one they can live with. Finding bliss, it seems, is as much about pain as about pleasure.

שנה

2010

שפה

English

סדרה

Prairie schooner book prize in fiction

הוצאה

University of Nebraska Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

125

ISBN

9780803232617

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