Certain American States: stories

Certain American States: stories

by Catherine Lacey (Author)

Synopsis

Certain states are hard to shake, or so Catherine Lacey's characters find in these twelve tales of love, loss and longing. A grieving wife gives away the shirts her husband has left behind. A flirtatious widow takes a honeymooning couple to see her husband's grave. A businessman working for a shadowy organization known as 'The Company', checks-in to a room in a strange and remarkable hotel.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: 01
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 06 Sep 2018

ISBN 10: 178378220X
ISBN 13: 9781783782208
Book Overview: Twelve stories - each a masterful and compassionate guide to the fluctuations of the human heart - from one of Granta's BEST OF YOUNG AMERICAN NOVELISTS

Author Bio
Catherine Lacey is the author of THE ANSWERS and NOBODY IS EVER MISSING. She has won a Whiting Award, was a finalist for the NYPL's Young Lions Fiction Award, and was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists. Her books have been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch & German. She was born in Mississippi and is based in Chicago. CERTAIN AMERICAN STATES is her first story collection.