Life Among the Terranauts

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Synopsis
From the author of the &“enthralling&” (New York Times Book Review) and &“beautiful&” (Washington Post) debut novel The Vexations comes an exciting new story collection that is &“perfect for fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell&” (Booklist), moving boldly between the real and the surrealFollowing her &“marvelous&” (Wall Street Journal) first novel, Caitlin Horrocks returns with a much-anticipated collection of short stories. In her signature, genre-defying style, she explodes our notions of what a story can do and where it can take us. Life Among the Terranauts demonstrates all the inventiveness that won admirers for Horrocks&’s first collection. In &“The Sleep,&” reprinted in Best American Short Stories, residents of a town in the frigid Midwest decide to hibernate through the bitter winters. In the title story, half a dozen people move into an experimental biodome for a shot at a million dollars, if they can survive two years. And in &“Sun City,&” published in The New Yorker, a young woman meets her grandmother&’s roommate in the wake of her death and attempts to solve the mystery of whether the two women were lovers.As the Boston Globe noted of her first collection, Horrocks is a master of &“wild yet delicately handled satire,&” a &“sprightly heartbreak&” in which she is able to &“mingle a note of tenderness in the desolation.&” With its startling range—from Norwegian trolls to Peruvian tour guides—Life Among the Terranauts once again dazzles readers, cementing Horrocks&’s reputation as one of the premier young writers of our time.
Copyright:
2021

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
320 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780316316989
Related ISBNs:
9780316316972
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Caitlin Horrocks
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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