Author: Ann Beattie
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Short Stories, Fiction
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9780684002033
9780684815107
0684002035
0684815109 |
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Ann Beattie is a writer of enormous compassion and honesty. Beattie
expertly draws contemporary domestic life and evokes the pain and
confusion of modern relationships. Her characters are wonderfully
authentic, her detailing of everyday life photographically true.
Beattie's stories offer starkly honest, often bittersweet glimpses of
life -- women nursing broken hearts, men looking for love, married
couples struggling to stay married, having affairs, leaving or wanting
to leave. Disillusionment abounds. Love is often frustrated, unrequited,
or absent. But Beattie moves gently among her characters, gracefully
revealing their failings, their troubles, and ultimately their ability to
endure. Her unsentimental voice propels these remarkable stories
forward, and her keen insight affords us a rare glimpse into the
human heart.
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