The Brutal Language of Love: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416592716)

Alicia Erian's characters are brave, disarming, affectionate, and deeply flawed. They inhabit the not-so-very-wide space between a good intention and a bad outcome. In "Alcatraz," we meet a middle-school spelling champion who spends her afternoons taking baths with the boy next door. In "Almonds and Cherries," a young woman turns an unexpectedly arousing bra-shopping experience into a short film, with ramifications for everyone around her. In "On the Occasion of My Ruination," a college-bound student plots to lose her virginity to a pizza parlor waiter. The Brutal Language of Love challenges traditional notions of right and wrong with what has become Erian's signature -- an achingly stylish humor and a deep understanding of the brutal truth about human nature. These surprising, provocative, and deeply resonant stories marked the emergence of a major talent

Author: Alicia Erian
ISBN-10: 1416592717
ISBN-13: 9781416592716
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2008
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.37h x 5.67w x 0.59d