Alice Elliott Dark

In The Gloaming (eBook, ePUB)

Stories

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From the author of Think of England and Fellowship Point, a captivating collection of storiesthe title piece successfully made into an HBO filmabout the complex relationships between lovers, spouses, neighbors, and family members. By turns funny, sad, and disturbing, these are stories of remarkable power.

When the austere and moving title story of this collection appeared in The New Yorker in 1993, it inspired two memorable film adaptations, and John Updike selected it for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories of the Century. In these ten stories, Alice Elliott Dark visits the fictional town of Wynnemoor and its residents, present and past, with skill, compassion, and wit.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439129241
• Artikelnr.: 63946370

Autorenporträt

Alice Elliott Dark is the author the novels Fellowship Point and Think of England, as well as two collections of short stories, In the Gloaming and  Naked to the Waist. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The New York Times, Best American Short Stories, and O. Henry: Prize Stories , among others. Her award-winning story “In the Gloaming” was made into two films and was chosen for inclusion in Best American Stories of the Century . Dark is a past recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She is an associate professor at Rutgers-Newark in the MFA program.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
In the Gloaming
Dreadful Language
The Jungle Lodge
Triage
The Tower
The Secret Spot
Close
Maniacs
Home
Watch the Animals