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The Story of My Universe and Other Stories
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ISBN10: 1937484815
ISBN13: 9781937484811
Publisher: Amika Press
Published: Jul 26 2020
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781937484811
Publisher: Amika Press
Published: Jul 26 2020
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
BLINDING CONFUSION TOOK OVER, LEAVING A SIMPLE, VIVID REALIZATION: THREE YEARS AGO I MURDERED SOMEONE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. In seventeen powerful stories, Christopher Guerin pulls us into a multi-dimensional, ironic universe that slides seamlessly from a re-telling of Kafka's Metamorphosis to the competitive politics and ego-driven amorality of symphony orchestras. These stories re-imagine Midwestern American lives in scenes ranging from dysfunctional realism to fantastical musings on selling facial features. Each story asks us to examine ourselves-our sexual desires, ambitions, and outcomes-in a mirror world that feels like it is crumbling around us in real time. All of the stories challenge the limits of ordinary life with subtlety of thought, humor, and grace in language.
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