Brawler : stories / Lauren Groff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groff, Lauren, author.

Contributor:

Riverhead Books (New York, N.Y.), issuing body.

Standardized Title:

Brawler (Compilation)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Life change events--Fiction.

Life change events.

Death--Fiction.

Siblings--Fiction.

Genre:

short stories.

Short stories.

Domestic fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

275 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, 2026.

Summary:

"Ranging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age, class, and region--from New England to Florida to California--these nine stories reflect and expand upon a shared theme: the ceaseless battle between humans' dark and light angels"-- Provided by publisher.

"Read alone, each story in Lauren Groff's electric collection is an individual triumph-bold, agile, and packed with power. Read together, they hum in exhilarating resonance. Ranging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age, class, and region-from New England to Florida to California-these nine stories reflect and expand upon a shared theme: the ceaseless battle between humans' dark and light angels. 'In every human there is both an animal and a god wrestling unto death,' one character tells us. Among those we see caught in this match are a young woman suddenly responsible for her disabled sibling, a hot-tempered high school swimmer in need of an adult, a mother blinded by the loss of her family, and a banking scion endowed with a different kind of inheritance. Motivated by love, impeded by the double edges of other people's good intentions, they try to do the right thing for as long as they can. Anchored by profound insight into human nature, Brawler reveals the repeated turning points between love and fear, compassion and violence, reason and instinct, altruism and what it takes to survive" -- Front jacket flap

Contents:

The wind

Between the shadow and the soul

To Sunland

Brawler

Birdie

What's the time, Mr. Wolf?

Under the wave

Such small islands

Annunciation.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version Groff, Lauren Brawler

ISBN:

9780593418420

0593418425

OCLC:

1523906756