The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Apt. 3W

Brownstein, Gabriel

ISBN 10: 039305151X / ISBN 13: 9780393051513

Published by W.W. Norton, NY, 2002

About this Item

A stunning literary debut that has been SIGNED by Gabriel Brownstein on the title page! Nine darkly comic New York stories, capturing the marvelous eccentricities and hidden frailties of this city's extraordinary people. Winner of the Hemingway/PEN Award, a national prize which recognizes the year's best first book-length work of fiction. Of his stories, the judges said they are a "voyeuristic delight, a magical, strange, kind and human peek into the windows of others.".

Seller Inventory # 6201

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Apt. 3W
• Publisher: W.W. Norton, NY
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039305151X
• ISBN 13: 9780393051513
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition/First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Short Stories
  • Modern First Editions
  • Debut

About this title

Synopsis

Nine stories about a group of eccentric New York residents follow the experiences of young Davie Birnbaum and his witness to the unfolding lives of his fellow tenants, an elderly man aging in reverse, a man who abandons his family to spy on them, and more. A first collection. 20,000 first printing.

Review

"Marvelously smooth hybrid tales that prompt readers to think twice about the intersection of life and fiction.

Completely fresh...truly moving.

Completely fresh...truly moving. "

[M]ysterious, resonant, haunting; their echoes will stay with you long after you've finished his lovely, lovely book.--Dale Peck, author of Now It's Time to Say Goodbye

[A] master storyteller...There is no doubt, this collection introduces a great talent.--Martha McPhee, author of Bright Angel Time

Uncanny, funny as hell, inventive on every page, Gabriel Brownstein displays sheer literary imagination and writes with impressive vividness.--Howard Norman, author of The Haunting of L.

Brownstein's is a fresh and jaunty voice, with a jazz snap all his own.--Tama Janowitz

A breathing monument to childhood, to Manhattan, and in its good-natured way, to literature itself.

Fantastically imagined...reverberates with subtle emotional tension.

Starred Review. Marvelously smooth hybrid tales that prompt readers to think twice about the intersection of life and fiction.