| Description |
224 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
The Erlking -- Tell Me My Name -- The Young Wife's Tale -- The Bears -- Many a Little Makes -- The Burglar -- Julia and Sunny -- Likes -- Bedtime Story. |
| Summary |
"A new collection from an acclaimed author weaves together the real and unreal, fairy tale, sci-fi, and myth"-- Provided by publisher. |
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In nine stories that range from the real to the unreal, strange to familiar, funny to frightening, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum reminds us why her wildly original debut, Madeleine Is Sleeping, and her masterful Ms. Hempel Chronicles have become contemporary classics--celebrated and beloved. In a nimble dance of lightness and gravity, Likes explores the full range and contradictions of our contemporary moment. Through unexpected visitors, Waldorf school fairs, aging indie-film stars, the struggle to gain a foothold in the capitalist shell-game of work, the Instagram posts of a twelve-year-old--these stories of friendship and parenthood, celebrity and obsession, race and class and the passage of time, form an engrossing collection that is both otherworldly and suffused with the deceitful humdrum of everyday life. For readers of Joy Williams, George Saunders, Lauren Groff, and Deborah Eisenberg, Likes helps us see into our unacknowledged desires and, in quick, artful, nearly invisible cuts, exposes the roots of our abiding terrors and delights. |
| Subject |
Short stories -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien.
Erlking.
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Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien.
Tell me my name.
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Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien.
Young wife's tale.
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Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien.
Bears.
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Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien.
Many a little makes.
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Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien.
Burglar.
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Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien.
Julia and Sunny.
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Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien.
Bedtime story.
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| ISBN |
9780374191948 (hardcover) |
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