Thunderstruck & Other Stories - Hardcover

9780385335775: Thunderstruck & Other Stories
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
Title: Thunderstruck & Other Stories <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: ElizabethMcCracken <>Publisher: DialPress

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
Elizabeth McCracken knows how loss can melt reality, forever altering a person s sense of time. . . . In her new collection, McCracken gives brilliantly splintered life to just that kind of story. . . . The fact that there is nothing depressing about the ubiquity of accident and disaster in Thunderstruck & Other Stories is a powerful testament to the scratchy humor and warm intelligence of McCracken s writing. . . . Her wisdom and wit have a moral dimension that deepens our sympathy for her straying souls. . . . [A] restorative, unforgettable collection. Sylvia Brownrigg, The New York Times Book Review(Editor s Choice)
Stunningly beautiful . . . brilliantly moving . . . Moments of joy and pure magic flicker and pitch-perfect humor acts as a furtive SOS signal through the fog of loss. Los Angeles Times
[A] bewitching and wise collection . . . playful, even joyful. O: The Oprah Magazine

Each of Thunderstruck s nine stories is a storm: delightful and destructive, packed with electricity, fascinating to watch unfold. Salon
The stories here are brilliant, funny and heartbreaking. . . . Elizabeth McCracken is a national treasure. Paul Harding, The Wall Street Journal

Pure delight: one lyrical, impeccably constructed sentence after another. Chicago Tribune

Beautifully wrought . . . As painstaking as a watchmaker, McCracken disassembles life down to its smallest parts. The Boston Globe
The stories in Elizabeth McCracken s latest collection land as swift and true as a prizefighter s blows, and often they feel just as powerful, emotionally speaking. . . . The psychological punches McCracken delivers, with her keen sense of irony and mordant humor, are unforgettable. The Miami Herald
The draw here is mesmerizing strangeness, heightened by McCracken s extraordinary images. . . . McCracken s description of eyeglasses which are the opposite of the weather: overcast when it was bright, clear when it was cloudy will color the way you see transition lenses as surely as her off-kilter tales will subtly shade your view of love and parenting. . . . McCracken explores her characters' subtexts even as she catches them in the car wrecks of their lives. To resist gawking is hopeless. Brace yourself for rubbernecking delays. NPR
Elizabeth McCracken is one of my favorite writers. Or, to put it another way: I ve read everything she s written . . . and there s nothing I haven t liked and admired enormously. . . . She writes with acuity, soul, and a kind of easy grace that probably kills her, about characters she has created to love. . . . Thunderstruck showcases all the things this remarkable writer is so good at: the eccentric but illuminating metaphors, the deft characterization, the heart-lurching narrative development, the tenderness, the fantastic aphorisms. . . . Anything new by her is an excuse for wild, drunken celebration. Nick Hornby, The Believer

These gorgeous stories are so full of human oddity and surprising emotions. . . . [Thunderstruck & Other Stories] is alive with wit and feeling. Newsday
Brilliant . . . captivating . . . electrifying . . . Let s not forget the meticulous qualities of McCracken s sinuous prose, or the ingenuity of her plots. San Francisco Chronicle
McCracken s stories are fresh, peculiar and always entertaining. The Huffington Post
McCracken writes gorgeously sharp and insistent prose; her stories dazzle, uniquely angled and original. More
[Elizabeth McCracken] writes sentences so beautiful you ll want to stand up and applaud. I underlined so many phrases and details my copy is a mess, but that still didn t keep me from lending it to my best friend. . . . McCracken s revelatory prose style makes it impossible for even the bleakest story lines to feel like anything short of a blessing. Cosmopolitan
There s a strange magic . . . in Elizabeth McCracken s work. Reader s Digest
Haunting . . . McCracken assigns herself the task of showing her readers that there is no prescribed way to grieve or to love. Minneapolis Star Tribune

Extraordinary . . . In story after story, McCracken looks at the complexity of grief. At the same time, her quick eye never misses the strange little joys life comes up with. The Dallas Morning News
It s a rare story collection that starts strong and ends up even stronger. In her new book, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, award-winning novelist Elizabeth McCracken achieves this result through a combination of nonchalance, empathy and sheer intelligence. . . . There s no dearth of fine authors who have taken to writing short stories of late. Few, however, possess McCracken s full palette of hues, tones and shadows. This is three-dimensional writing at its most vivid. Portland Press Herald
Magnetic . . . Anyone who enjoys short fiction will find pleasure and substance in McCracken s witty, world-wise collection. Library Journal
[Elizabeth] McCracken s short stories are like no others. Her distinctive voice, her slightly askew manner of looking at the world, her mix of mordant humor and tenderness, her sense of life s ironies, and the jolt of electricity at the end of each tale make her work arresting and memorable. . . . Readers will enjoy reading them twice the first time quickly, because the plots are mesmerizing and strange, and the second to relish the dozens of images, apercus, and descriptions. . . . McCracken transforms life s dead ends into transformational visions. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Marvelously quirky, ironic, but, most of all, poignant . . . McCracken paints [her characters] with such rich detail that it feels as if we must know them. Booklist
A bracing collection . . . The connecting notion that love s great capacity for tenderness must bear the risk of pain is depicted with both joy and ruthlessness. Shelf Awareness
Elizabeth McCracken s magnificent stories are in a category all their own. They tremble with life, quake with heart-rending emotion, shine with wicked humor, and linger with a beautiful urgency. Thunderstruck & Other Stories is a stunning collection, a powerhouse of invention and heart and rare, buoyant curiosity. Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Remember Me Like This
It s rare for title and book to work so well, in fact so perfectly, together. In this vibrant, darkly funny, deeply tender collection, the reader is thunderstruck, again and again, by Elizabeth McCracken s endless gifts of plot, prose and insight that is as compassionate and sharp as one can bear. Amy Bloom, bestselling author of Where the God of Love Hangs Out and Away

From the Hardcover edition."

"Elizabeth McCracken knows how loss can melt reality, forever altering a person's sense of time. . . . In her new collection, McCracken gives brilliantly splintered life to just that kind of story. . . . The fact that there is nothing depressing about the ubiquity of accident and disaster in Thunderstruck & Other Stories is a powerful testament to the scratchy humor and warm intelligence of McCracken's writing. . . . Her wisdom and wit have a moral dimension that deepens our sympathy for her straying souls. . . . [A] restorative, unforgettable collection."--Sylvia Brownrigg, The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
"Stunningly beautiful . . . brilliantly moving . . . Moments of joy and pure magic flicker and pitch-perfect humor acts as a furtive SOS signal through the fog of loss."--Los Angeles Times
"[A] bewitching and wise collection . . . playful, even joyful."--O: The Oprah Magazine

"Each of Thunderstruck's nine stories is a storm: delightful and destructive, packed with electricity, fascinating to watch unfold."--Salon
"The stories here are brilliant, funny and heartbreaking. . . . Elizabeth McCracken is a national treasure."--Paul Harding, The Wall Street Journal

"Pure delight: one lyrical, impeccably constructed sentence after another."--Chicago Tribune

"Beautifully wrought . . . As painstaking as a watchmaker, McCracken disassembles life down to its smallest parts."--The Boston Globe
"The stories in Elizabeth McCracken's latest collection land as swift and true as a prizefighter's blows, and often they feel just as powerful, emotionally speaking. . . . The psychological punches McCracken delivers, with her keen sense of irony and mordant humor, are unforgettable."--The Miami Herald
"The draw here is mesmerizing strangeness, heightened by McCracken's extraordinary images. . . . McCracken's description of eyeglasses which are 'the opposite of the weather: overcast when it was bright, clear when it was cloudy' will color the way you see transition lenses as surely as her off-kilter tales will subtly shade your view of love and parenting. . . . McCracken explores her characters' subtexts even as she catches them in the car wrecks of their lives. To resist gawking is hopeless. Brace yourself for rubbernecking delays."--NPR
"Elizabeth McCracken is one of my favorite writers. Or, to put it another way: I've read everything she's written . . . and there's nothing I haven't liked and admired enormously. . . . She writes with acuity, soul, and a kind of easy grace that probably kills her, about characters she has created to love. . . . 'Thunderstruck' showcases all the things this remarkable writer is so good at: the eccentric but illuminating metaphors, the deft characterization, the heart-lurching narrative development, the tenderness, the fantastic aphorisms. . . . Anything new by her is an excuse for wild, drunken celebration."--Nick Hornby, The Believer

"These gorgeous stories are so full of human oddity and surprising emotions. . . . [Thunderstruck & Other Stories] is alive with wit and feeling."--Newsday
"Brilliant . . . captivating . . . electrifying . . . Let's not forget the meticulous qualities of McCracken's sinuous prose, or the ingenuity of her plots."--San Francisco Chronicle
"McCracken's stories are fresh, peculiar and always entertaining."--The Huffington Post
"McCracken writes gorgeously sharp and insistent prose; her stories dazzle, uniquely angled and original."--More
"[Elizabeth McCracken] writes sentences so beautiful you'll want to stand up and applaud. I underlined so many phrases and details my copy is a mess, but that still didn't keep me from lending it to my best friend. . . . McCracken's revelatory prose style makes it impossible for even the bleakest story lines to feel like anything short of a blessing."--Cosmopolitan
"There's a strange magic . . . in Elizabeth McCracken's work."--Reader's Digest
"Haunting . . . McCracken assigns herself the task of showing her readers that there is no prescribed way to grieve or to love."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Extraordinary . . . In story after story, McCracken looks at the complexity of grief. At the same time, her quick eye never misses the strange little joys life comes up with."--The Dallas Morning News
"It's a rare story collection that starts strong and ends up even stronger. In her new book, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, award-winning novelist Elizabeth McCracken achieves this result through a combination of nonchalance, empathy and sheer intelligence. . . . There's no dearth of fine authors who have taken to writing short stories of late. Few, however, possess McCracken's full palette of hues, tones and shadows. This is three-dimensional writing at its most vivid."--Portland Press Herald
"Magnetic . . . Anyone who enjoys short fiction will find pleasure and substance in McCracken's witty, world-wise collection."--Library Journal
"[Elizabeth] McCracken's short stories are like no others. Her distinctive voice, her slightly askew manner of looking at the world, her mix of mordant humor and tenderness, her sense of life's ironies, and the jolt of electricity at the end of each tale make her work arresting and memorable. . . . Readers will enjoy reading them twice--the first time quickly, because the plots are mesmerizing and strange, and the second to relish the dozens of images, apercus, and descriptions. . . . McCracken transforms life's dead ends into transformational visions."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Marvelously quirky, ironic, but, most of all, poignant . . . McCracken paints [her characters] with such rich detail that it feels as if we must know them."--Booklist
"A bracing collection . . . The connecting notion--that love's great capacity for tenderness must bear the risk of pain--is depicted with both joy and ruthlessness."--Shelf Awareness
"Elizabeth McCracken's magnificent stories are in a category all their own. They tremble with life, quake with heart-rending emotion, shine with wicked humor, and linger with a beautiful urgency. Thunderstruck & Other Stories is a stunning collection, a powerhouse of invention and heart and rare, buoyant curiosity."--Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Remember Me Like This
"It's rare for title and book to work so well, in fact so perfectly, together. In this vibrant, darkly funny, deeply tender collection, the reader is thunderstruck, again and again, by Elizabeth McCracken's endless gifts of plot, prose and insight that is as compassionate and sharp as one can bear."--Amy Bloom, bestselling author of Where the God of Love Hangs Out and Away

From the Hardcover edition.

Book Description:
A brilliant new collection of short fiction from the National Book Award finalist and author of The Giant’s House.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherDial Pr
  • Publication date2014
  • ISBN 10 0385335776
  • ISBN 13 9780385335775
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages223
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780812987676: Thunderstruck & Other Stories

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780812987676
Publisher: Dial Press, 2015
Softcover

  • 9780099592976: Thunderstruck & Other Stories

    Vintage, 2015
    Softcover

  • 9780224099523: Thunderstruck & Other Stories

    Jonath..., 2014
    Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

McCracken, Elizabeth
Published by The Dial Press (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385335776 ISBN 13: 9780385335775
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0385335776

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 13.34
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.37
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

McCracken, Elizabeth
Published by The Dial Press (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385335776 ISBN 13: 9780385335775
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0385335776

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 19.10
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.17
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

McCracken, Elizabeth
Published by The Dial Press (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385335776 ISBN 13: 9780385335775
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0385335776

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 24.22
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.41
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Elizabeth McCracken
Published by The Dial Press (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385335776 ISBN 13: 9780385335775
New Hardcover First Edition Quantity: 1
Seller:
Remarks Used Books
(Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1st printing. Attractive, clean & tight copy, unread, in NEW condition. Winner of the Story Prize. "Laced through with the humor, the empathy, and the rare and magical descriptive powers that have led Elizabeth McCracken's fiction to be hailed as 'exquisite' (New York Times), 'funny and heartbreaking' (Boston Globe), and 'a true marvel' (San Francisco Chronicle), these nine vibrant stories navigate the fragile space between love and loneliness. In 'Property,' a young scholar, grieving the sudden death of his wife, decides to refurbish the Maine rental house they were to share together by removing his landlord's possessions. In 'Peter Elroy: A Documentary by Ian Casey,' the household of a successful filmmaker is visited years later by his famous first subject, whose trust he betrayed. In 'The Lost & Found Department of Greater Boston,' the manager of a grocery store becomes fixated on the famous case of a missing local woman, and on the fate of the teenage son she left behind. And in the unforgettable title story, a family makes a quixotic decision to flee to Paris for a summer, only to find their lives altered in an unimaginable way by their teenage daughter's risky behavior. In Elizabeth McCracken's universe, heartache is always interwoven with strange, charmed moments of joy---an unexpected conversation with small children, the gift of a parrot with a bad French accent---that remind us of the wonder and mystery of being alive. THUNDERSTRUCK & OTHER STORIES shows this inimitable writer working at the full height of her powers." [jacket copy] Each of THUNDERSTRUCK's nine stories is a storm: delightful and destructive, packed with electricity, fascinating to watch unfold. ---Salon. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, a beautiful Dial Press production. Collectible. Seller Inventory # RUB1376

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 37.55
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.57
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

McCracken, Elizabeth
Published by The Dial Press (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385335776 ISBN 13: 9780385335775
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB0385335776

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 42.66
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

McCracken, Elizabeth
Published by The Dial Press (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385335776 ISBN 13: 9780385335775
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0385335776

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 43.28
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.77
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

McCracken, Elizabeth
Published by The Dial Press (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385335776 ISBN 13: 9780385335775
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
The Book Spot
(Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # Abebooks86635

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 48.17
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Elizabeth McCracken
Published by Dial Press (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385335776 ISBN 13: 9780385335775
New Hardcover First Edition Signed Quantity: 1
Seller:
Dan Pope Books
(West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. NEW YORK: Dial (2014). First edition, first printing. Hardbound. New in dust jacket. A tight, clean copy, unread, flawless. SIGNED by author on title page. Her name only, no other writing. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Longlist finalist, National Book Award for Fiction, 2014. 0.0. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # yc84

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 53.06
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.17
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds