Someone who will love you in all your damaged glory / stories by Raphael Bob-Waksberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bob-Waksberg, Raphael, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories.

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

viii, 244 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

Summary:

From the creator and executive producer of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman , a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love--the best and worst thing in the universe Written with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman , Raphael Bob-Waksberg's stories will make readers laugh, weep, and shiver in uncomfortably delicious recognition. In "A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion," a young couple planning a wedding is forced to deal with interfering relatives dictating the appropriate number of ritual goat sacrifices. "Missed Connection--m4w" is the tragicomic tale of a pair of lonely commuters eternally failing to make that longed-for contact. The members of a rock band in "Up-and-Comers" discover they suddenly have superpowers--but only when they're drunk. And in "The Serial Monogamist's Guide to Important New York City Landmarks," a woman maps her history of romantic failures based on the places she and her significant others visited together. Equally at home with the surreal and the painfully relatable (or both at once), Bob-Waksberg delivers a killer combination of humor, romance, whimsy, cultural commentary, and crushing emotional vulnerability. The resulting collection is a punchy, perfect bloody valentine.

Contents:

Salted circus cashews, swear to God

Short stories

A most blessed and auspicious occasion

Missed conneciton

m4w

The serial monogamist's guide to important New York City landmarks

We men of science

Lies we told each other (a partial list)

These are facts

Lunch with the person who dumped you

Rufus

Rules for taboo

Up-and-comers

Move across the country

You want to know what plays are like?

the poem

The average of all possible things

More of the you that you already are

We will be close on Friday 18 July.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Bob-Waksberg, Raphael, 1984- author. Someone who will love you in all your damaged glory

ISBN:

9781524732011

152473201X

OCLC:

1053577964