Bezoar : and other unsettling stories
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Author
Contributors
Levine, Suzanne Jill, translator.
Published
New York : Seven Stories Press, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First English-language edition.
ISBN
9781609809584, 1609809580
Physical Desc
108 pages ; 21 cm
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Published
New York : Seven Stories Press, 2019.
Edition
First English-language edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781609809584, 1609809580
Notes
General Note
"Title of the original Spanish edition: Pétalos y otras historias incómodas"
Description
"Intricately woven masterpieces of craft, mournful for their human cries in defiance of our sometimes less than human surroundings, Nettel's stories and novels are dazzlingly enjoyable to read for their deep interest in human foibles. Following on the critical successes of her previous books, here are six stories that capture her unsettling, obsessive universe. "Ptosis" is told from the point of view of the son of a photographer whose work involves before and after pictures of patients undergoing cosmetic eye surgeries. In "Through Shades," a woman studies a man interacting with a woman through the windows of the apartment across the street. In one of the longer stories, "Bonsai," a man visits a garden, and comes to know a gardener, during the period of dissolution of his marriage. "The Other Side of the Dock" describes a young girl in search of what she terms "True Solitude," who finds a fellow soul mate only to see the thing they share lose its meaning. In "Petals," a woman's odor drives a man to search for her, and even to find her, without quenching the thirst that is his undoing. And the title story, "Bezoar," is an intimate journal of a patient writing to a doctor. Each narrative veers towards unknown and dark corridors, and the pleasures of these accounts lie partly in the great surprise of the familiarity together with the strangeness"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nettel, G., & Levine, S. J. (2019). Bezoar: and other unsettling stories (First English-language edition.). Seven Stories Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nettel, Guadalupe, 1973- and Suzanne Jill, Levine. 2019. Bezoar: And Other Unsettling Stories. Seven Stories Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nettel, Guadalupe, 1973- and Suzanne Jill, Levine. Bezoar: And Other Unsettling Stories Seven Stories Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nettel, Guadalupe, and Suzanne Jill Levine. Bezoar: And Other Unsettling Stories First English-language edition., Seven Stories Press, 2019.
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