Do-Over, one of the stories in this dazzling first collection by Curtis Sittenfeld,is shortlisted for the 2018 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. In `The World Has Many Butterflies', a married woman flirts with a man she meets at parties by playing You think it, I'll say it, putting into words the bitchy things she guesses he's thinking about their fellow guests. But she is in for a shock when, in time, she finds out what was really in his mind. `The Nominee' sees Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, confessing her surprising true feelings about a woman journalist she has sparred with over the years. In `Gender Studies', a visiting academic sleeps with her taxi driver, for what turns out to be all the wrong reasons. The theme that unites these stories is how even the cleverest people tend to misread others, and how much we all deceive ourselves. Sharp and tender, funny and wise, they show Sittenfeld's knack for creating real, believable characters that spring off the page, while also skewering contemporary mores with brilliant dry wit.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Bantam. Transworld Publishers
ISBN: 9780857525383
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 256
Tiempo de lectura:
5h 15m
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 03/05/2018
Año de edición: 2018
Alto: 22.2 cm
Ancho: 14.4 cm
Peso: 395.0 gr
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Escrito por Curtis Sittenfeld
Es autora superventas del The New York Times y sus libros han sido traducidos a más de treinta idiomas. El unánime reconocimiento del público y la crítica la ha consolidado como una de las narradoras estadounidenses más deslumbrantes de nuestros días. Actualmente trabaja de editora en The Best American Short Stories y vive en Minneapolis con su familia.