Getting a Life: Stories - Hardcover

Simpson, Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375411097 ISBN 13: 9780375411090

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2001

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of modern-day London, a collection of nine entertaining short stories captures the joys, tribulations, triumphs, and annoyances of domestic life as it explores the worlds of two female teachers exchanging drunken confidences at a small cafT, a teenage poetry lover who resolves to build a future far different from her career-oriented mother, and others. 12,500 first printing.

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Review:

Brilliantly biting . . . Mordant comedy and lush, exact language. Laurie Stone, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Wonderfully funny and disturbing . . . Waugh-like acerbity and wit. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
A welcome corrective to the recent chick-lit bubble. For those who like their fiction short, sharp and served with a side of black comedy. Sarah Coleman, San Francisco Chronicle

Breathtaking and beautiful . . . admirable and haunting. Lorrie Moore, author of Birds of America

Both acidic and tender . . . deliver[s] some pretty serious shocks of recognition. Jeff Giles, Newsweek
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"Brilliantly biting . . . Mordant comedy and lush, exact language." -Laurie Stone, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Wonderfully funny and disturbing . . . Waugh-like acerbity and wit." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"A welcome corrective to the recent chick-lit bubble. For those who like their fiction short, sharp and served with a side of black comedy." -Sarah Coleman, San Francisco Chronicle

"Breathtaking and beautiful . . . admirable and haunting." -Lorrie Moore, author of Birds of America

"Both acidic and tender . . . deliver[s] some pretty serious shocks of recognition." -Jeff Giles, Newsweek

About the Author:

Helen Simpson lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375411097
• ISBN 13: 9780375411090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 196