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Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel: A Graphic Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143125242)
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x*A New York Times Notable Book* "Funny, painful, outrageous . . . Anya Ulinich is the David Sedaris of Russian-American cartoonists."
--Gary Shteyngart Anya Ulinich turns her sharp eye toward the strange, often unmooring world of "grown-up" dating in this darkly comic graphic novel. After her fifteen-year marriage ends, Lena Finkle gets an eye-opening education in love, sex, and loss when she embarks on a string of online dates, all while raising her two teenage daughters. The Vampire of Bensonhurst, the Orphan, Disaster Man, and the Diamond Psychiatrist are just a few of the unforgettable characters she meets along the way. Evoking Louis C. K.'s humor and Amy Winehouse's longing and anguish, and paying homage to Malamud and Chekhov, Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel is a funny and moving story, beautifully told.
Author: Anya Ulinich
ISBN-10: 0143125249
ISBN-13: 9780143125242
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2014
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.30w x 1.10d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/12/2014
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2014
New York Times Book Review 08/10/2014 pg. 15
New York Times Book Review 08/17/2014 pg. 30
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/07/2014 pg. 26
--Gary Shteyngart Anya Ulinich turns her sharp eye toward the strange, often unmooring world of "grown-up" dating in this darkly comic graphic novel. After her fifteen-year marriage ends, Lena Finkle gets an eye-opening education in love, sex, and loss when she embarks on a string of online dates, all while raising her two teenage daughters. The Vampire of Bensonhurst, the Orphan, Disaster Man, and the Diamond Psychiatrist are just a few of the unforgettable characters she meets along the way. Evoking Louis C. K.'s humor and Amy Winehouse's longing and anguish, and paying homage to Malamud and Chekhov, Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel is a funny and moving story, beautifully told.
Author: Anya Ulinich
ISBN-10: 0143125249
ISBN-13: 9780143125242
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2014
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.30w x 1.10d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/12/2014
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2014
New York Times Book Review 08/10/2014 pg. 15
New York Times Book Review 08/17/2014 pg. 30
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/07/2014 pg. 26
By Anya Ulinich
xAnya Ulinich is the critically acclaimed author of Petropolis, which was awarded the Goldberg Prize, named a best book of the year by The Christian Science Monitor and The Village Voice, and translated into ten languages. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, n+1, and Zoetrope: All-Story, and she has taught at New York University and Gotham Writers' Workshop. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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