In this Book
- Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry: Stories
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Massachusetts Press
- Series: Associated Writing Program Award for Short Fiction
summary
The ten stories in this striking debut collection examine the perils of love and what it means to live during an era when people will offer themselves, almost unthinkingly, to strangers. Risks and repercussions are never fully weighed. People leap and almost always land on rocky ground. May-December romances flourish in these stories, as do self-doubt and, in many cases, serious regret. Mysterious, dangerous benefactors, dead and living artists, movie stars and college professors, plagiarists, and distinguished foreign novelists are among the many different characters. No one is blameless, but villains are difficult to single out-everyone seemingly bears responsibility for his or her desires and for the outcome of difficult choices so often made hopefully and naively.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Copyright Page
- p. iv
- Quality of Life
- pp. 3-15
- Twelve Twelve
- pp. 32-46
- You’re So Different
- pp. 47-63
- By the Way
- pp. 64-80
- Alex Rice Inc.
- pp. 81-100
- Interview with the Second Wife
- pp. 101-116
- For Once in Your Life
- pp. 117-130
- A Million Dollars
- pp. 131-146
- Walled City
- pp. 147-154
Additional Information
ISBN
9781613760451
Related ISBN(s)
9781558498587
MARC Record
OCLC
794700501
Pages
168
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No