Stay Up with Me: Stories
Tom Barbash$11.89
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In the tradition of classic short stories by John Cheever and Tobias Wolff, those in Tom Barbash's evocative collection explore the myriad ways we try to connect to one another and to the sometimes cruel world around us. The newly single mother in "The Break" interferes with her son's love life over his Christmas vacation from college. The anxious young man in "Balloon Night" persists in hosting an annual watch-the-Macy's-Thanksgiving-Day-Parade-floats-be-inflated party, while trying to keep the myth of his marriage equally afloat. Barbash laces his narratives with sharp humor, psychological acuity, and pathos, creating deeply resonant and engaging stories that pierce the heart and linger in the imagination.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 05/20/2014
ISBN: 9780062258137
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.60w x 0.70d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 06/22/2014 pg. 28