The Disappeared: Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593534304)

A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Theory of Light and Matter

"What a beautiful book about the profound mystery of ordinary life." --Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want

A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous codependency. With gorgeous sensitivity, assurance, and a propulsive sense of menace, these stories center on disappearances both literal and figurative--lives and loves that are cut short, the vanishing of one's youthful self. From San Antonio to Austin, from the clamor of a crowded restaurant to the cigarette at a lonely kitchen table, Andrew Porter captures each of these relationships mid-flight, every individual life punctuated by loss and beauty and need. The Disappeared reaffirms the undeniable artistry of a contemporary master of the form.

Author: Andrew Porter
ISBN-10: 0593534301
ISBN-13: 9780593534304
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2023
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.00w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/01/2022 pg. 4
Booklist 04/15/2023 pg. 20
Publishers Weekly 05/08/2023