Radical Empathy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781961897182)

In this new collection of short stories that Ben Fountain declares "all marvels," Robin Romm (author of The Mercy Papers) revels in the mess behind the slick veneer of modern life. A financially-strapped college student sells her sought after "Ivy League eggs" to a movie star, then wrestles with her feelings as the child grows up in the public eye. A long-married wife in the midst of a bungled kitchen remodel imagines the excitement of her neighbor's unstable erotic life. Isolated by quarantine, a young widow contends with a talking daffodil that panders to her in therapy-speak. Disquieting, original and strangely reassuring, these ten new stories make quick work of the easy truths and thoughtless salvos that keep us from seeing the wildness of our irreducible lives.

Author: Robin Romm
ISBN-10: 1961897180
ISBN-13: 9781961897182
Publisher: Four Way Books
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2024
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs