52 Men

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Synopsis
52 fictionalized episodes with men. &“Simple and ingenious . . . gets at the truth of how we experience, perceive, and remember romantic encounters.&” —Los Angeles Review of Books From a writer who master poet Seamus Heaney described as one &“who risks much both stylistically and emotionally&” comes 52 Men. Taut, spare and highly compressed autobiographical fiction for the mobile age, it is immensely funny and sexually charged. In contemporary literary miniatures from a few lines to a few pages, Manhattan-raised Elise McKnight describes the men in her life who gradually reveal her: high-profile cultural leaders, writers and celebrities, as well as the down-to-earth waiter, student and police officer. Fifty-two strange, romantic and sexual interludes and relationships spark to life and disappear in the wind, leaving the reader always asking: What is Elise&’s power? What does she want and will she ever get it? Does she have a secret and if so, what is it? With surprising, sometimes shocking and moving cameos by figures from tabloids and the news: Jay Carney, Jonathan Franzen, Lou Reed, Michael Stipe; and encounters with artists, financiers, and a boxer who reads Neruda at the Turkish baths. &“I&’m not sure I&’ve ever read a story of a life that&’s both so moving and told with such breathtaking economy and precision. 52 Men gave me goose bumps again and again.&” —Kurt Andersen, New York Times–bestselling author of Evil Geniuses &“A haunting and haunted book . . . harsh and sweet and very funny, in spots as hard to read as it is hard to put down.&” —Will Eno, playwright and author of Thom Pain (based on nothing)
Copyright:
2015

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
112 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781597095303
Related ISBNs:
9781597099967
Publisher:
Red Hen Press
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Copyrighted By:
Louise Wareham Leonard
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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