Emerald City - Softcover

Egan, Jennifer

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ISBN 10: 0330335081 ISBN 13: 9780330335089

Publisher: Picador, 1995

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By the winner of the "Cosmopolitan"/Perrier Short Story Award. This collection of stories is concerned with the power of love, nostalgia and how people change. "One Piece" is about fatal attraction beside a bonfire, and in "The Stylist", an older woman struggles to stay in the model circuit.

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“Lustrous. . . .These stories sparkle with Egan's fresh imagery and precise renderings of mood and place. . . . A writer of tremendous intelligence and grace.” —"The Philadelphia Inquirer"“Boldly modulated tales of displacement and blazing moments of truth. . . . Riveting, vaguely Hitchcockian. . . . Piercingly tender. . . . Outstanding.” —"The New York Times Book Review"“Immensely appealing. . . . Told with dazzling insight and emotional daring.” —"Elle"“[Egan] deftly depicts the ways in which women can create glamorously detailed personas for another based on passing observations.” —"Time"

Lustrous. . . .These stories sparkle with Egan's fresh imagery and precise renderings of mood and place. . . . A writer of tremendous intelligence and grace. The Philadelphia Inquirer Boldly modulated tales of displacement and blazing moments of truth. . . . Riveting, vaguely Hitchcockian. . . . Piercingly tender. . . . Outstanding. The New York Times Book Review Immensely appealing. . . . Told with dazzling insight and emotional daring. Elle [Egan] deftly depicts the ways in which women can create glamorously detailed personas for another based on passing observations. Time"

"Lustrous. . . .These stories sparkle with Egan's fresh imagery and precise renderings of mood and place. . . . A writer of tremendous intelligence and grace." --The Philadelphia Inquirer"Boldly modulated tales of displacement and blazing moments of truth. . . . Riveting, vaguely Hitchcockian. . . . Piercingly tender. . . . Outstanding." --The New York Times Book Review"Immensely appealing. . . . Told with dazzling insight and emotional daring." --Elle"[Egan] deftly depicts the ways in which women can create glamorously detailed personas for another based on passing observations." --Time

About the Author:

Jennifer Egan is the author of four novels: A Visit from the Goon Squad, The Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus; and the story collection Emerald City. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, GQ, Zoetrope, All-Story, and Ploughshares, and her nonfiction appears frequently in The New York Times Magazine. She lives with her husband and sons in Brooklyn.

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