A blind corner : stories / Caitlin Macy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macy, Caitlin, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Good and evil--Fiction.

Good and evil.

Genre:

short stories.

Fiction.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

211 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Little Brown & Company, 2022.

Summary:

"In an era of 'hot takes' and easy generalizations, this collection reclaims the absurdities and paradoxes of life as it is actually lived from the American fantasy of 'niceness'. In Macy's world, human desires and fatal blind spots slam headlong into convenient, social-media-driven narratives that would sort us into neat boxes of insider or outsider; good or bad; with us or against us. Time and again, whether at home or in the age-old role of Americans abroad, Macy's women see their good intentions turn awry. A woman who tries to do a good deed for an underprivileged child sees it go horribly wrong. A wife, attempting to be a good host to a friend's strange ex-boyfriend, finds herself in a compromised situation. And, in the title story, a newlywed fancies herself a Euro-sophisticate until an accident reminds her just how truly foreign she really is. In tales where shocking and sometimes brutal events disabuse characters of their most cherished beliefs, Macy forgoes easy moralization in favor of uncomfortable truths that reveal the complexity of what it means to be human."-- Front jacket flap

Contents:

One of us

Nude hose

A blind corner

The taker

We don't believe in that crap

Residents only

The little rats.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780316434195

0316434191

OCLC:

1275356588