Some Possible Solutions

Phillips, Helen

ISBN 10: 1627793798 / ISBN 13: 9781627793797

Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, New York, 2016

About this Item

This copy of "Some Possible Solutions" has been SIGNED by Helen Phillips on the title page! By turns surreal, witty, and perplexing, the stories here offer solutions for the everyday indignities of living in a time and place that can feel futuristic, fantastical, and familiar all at once. "Some Possible Solutions" cements Helen Phillips's standing as a true original and a treasure.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Some Possible Solutions
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1627793798
• ISBN 13: 9781627793797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition/First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

Forced to navigate these bizarre scenarios, Phillips' characters search for solutions to the problem of how to survive in an irrational, infinitely strange world. In dystopias that are exaggerated versions of the world in which we live, these characters strive for intimacy and struggle to resolve their fraught relationships with each other, with themselves, and with their place in the natural world. We meet a wealthy woman who purchases a high-tech sex toy in the shape of a man, a rowdy, moody crew of college students who resolve the energy crisis, and orphaned twin sisters who work as futuristic strippers and with Phillips' characteristic smarts and imagination, we see that no one is quite who they appear. By turns surreal, witty, and perplexing, these marvellous stories are ultimately a reflection of our own reality and of the big questions that we all face. Who are we? Where do we fit? Phillips is a true original and a treasure.

About the Author

Helen Phillips is the award-winning author of the widely acclaimed novel The Beautiful Bureaucrat, named aNew York Times Notable Book, and the collection And Yet They Were Happy. Her work has appeared in Tin House, Electric Literature, and The New York Times. An assistant professor of creative writing at Brooklyn College, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and children.