Death Is Not an Option: Stories

di Suzanne Rivecca (Autore)

WW Norton & Co, 2011

In these stories, a teacher obsesses over a student who comes to class with scratch marks on his face; a Catholic girl graduating high school finds a warped kind of redemption in her school's contrived class rituals; and a woman looking to rent a house is sucked into a strangely inappropriate correspondence with one of the landlords. These are just a few of the powerful plotlines in Suzanne Rivecca's gorgeously wrought collection. From a college student who adopts a false hippie persona to find love, to a young memoirist who bumps up against a sexually obsessed fan, the characters in these fiercely original tales grapple with what it means to be honest with themselves and the world. These stories explode "with piercing insight . . . illuminating the dangerous dance between victims and saviors. [They] deliver us to the edge of grief, that precarious place where the moral compass spins-where codes of love and law and religion fail. Mercy here depends on a tiger's sublime grace, our capacity to resist deeper harm, and the right of every broken being to remain silent" (Melanie Rae Thon).

• Autore: Suzanne Rivecca
• Editore: WW Norton & Co
• Anno: 2011
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 226 p.
• Dimensioni: 211 x 142 mm
• Peso: 236 gr.
• EAN: 9780393339901

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