This Will Be Difficult to Explain: And Other Stories - Softcover
In the Scotiabank Giller Prize winning author Johanna Skibsrud s new book, nine loosely connected and hypnotic stories introduce an unforgettable cast of characters. A young maid at a hotel in France encounters a man who asks to paint her portrait, only later discovering that the man is someone other than who she thinks. A divorced father, fearing estrangement from his thirteen-year-old daughter, allows her to take the wheel of his car, realizing too late that he s made a grave mistake. A Canadian girl and her French host stumble on the one story that transcends their language barrier. Youth confronted with the mutterings of old age, restlessness bounded by the muddy confines of a backyard garden, callow hope coming up against the exigencies of everyday life these are life-defining moments that weave throughout the everyday lives of the remarkable characters in this book. Time and again they find themselves confronted with what they didn t know they didn t know, at the exact point of intersection between impossibility and desire. In This Will Be Difficult to Explain Skibsrud has created a series of masterful, perceptive tales."
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[Johanna Skibsrud's] prose is as taut as Alice Munro's, her plots as spare as Mavis Gallant's. Her characters have startlingly vivid inner lives...Skibsrud's new book is just as assured [as her novel], and it has the same emotional punch.
Skibsrud's economical, poetically aware stories reveal a writer comfortable with the form, and one who requires her readers to think.
Beguiling. . . . [Skibsrud] brings to these stories a poet's eye and the subtle shadings of some of our best practitioners, including Marilynne Robinson and Alice Munro.
Sharp and stirring. ... [T]his subtle mixture of melancholy and world--historical resignation...gives Skibsrud's collection its potency.--Jessica Loudis
Skibsrud's economical, poetically aware stories reveal a writer comfortable with the form, and one who requires her readers to think.
Beguiling. . . . [Skibsrud] brings to these stories a poet's eye and the subtle shadings of some of our best practitioners, including Marilynne Robinson and Alice Munro.
Sharp and stirring. ... [T]his subtle mixture of melancholy and world--historical resignation...gives Skibsrud's collection its potency.--Jessica Loudis
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Co.
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0393345920
- ISBN 13 9780393345926
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author Johanna Skibsrud's new book, nine loosely connected and hypnotic stories introduce an unforgettable cast of characters. A young maid at a hotel in France encounters a man who asks to paint her portrait, only later discovering that the man is someone other than who she thinks. A divorced father, fearing estrangement from his thirteen-year-old daughter, allows her to take the wheel of his car, realizing too late that he's made a grave mistake. A Canadian girl and her French host stumble on the one story that transcends their language barrier. Youth confronted with the mutterings of old age, restlessness bounded by the muddy confines of a backyard garden, callow hope coming up against the exigencies of everyday life--these are life-defining moments that weave throughout the everyday lives of the remarkable characters in this book. Time and again they find themselves confronted with what they didn't know they didn't know, at the exact point of intersection between impossibility and desire. In This Will Be Difficult to Explain Skibsrud has created a series of masterful, perceptive tales. Nine loosely connected, hypnotic stories about memory and desire showcase one of fiction's bright new voices. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780393345926
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author Johanna Skibsrud's new book, nine loosely connected and hypnotic stories introduce an unforgettable cast of characters. A young maid at a hotel in France encounters a man who asks to paint her portrait, only later discovering that the man is someone other than who she thinks. A divorced father, fearing estrangement from his thirteen-year-old daughter, allows her to take the wheel of his car, realizing too late that he's made a grave mistake. A Canadian girl and her French host stumble on the one story that transcends their language barrier. Youth confronted with the mutterings of old age, restlessness bounded by the muddy confines of a backyard garden, callow hope coming up against the exigencies of everyday life--these are life-defining moments that weave throughout the everyday lives of the remarkable characters in this book. Time and again they find themselves confronted with what they didn't know they didn't know, at the exact point of intersection between impossibility and desire. In This Will Be Difficult to Explain Skibsrud has created a series of masterful, perceptive tales. Nine loosely connected, hypnotic stories about memory and desire showcase one of fiction's bright new voices. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780393345926
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