Thunderstruck & Other Stories

Thunderstruck & Other Stories

WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE â‚¬ LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD â‚¬ NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSDAY

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington PostÂ â‚¬Â San Francisco Chronicle â‚¬ O: The Oprah Magazine â‚¬ The Miami Herald â‚¬ Publishers Weekly â‚¬ Kirkus Reviews

From the author of the beloved novel The Giantâ‚¬s Houseâ‚¬"finalist for the National Book Awardâ‚¬"comes a beautiful new story collection, her first in twenty years. Laced through with the humor, the empathy, and the rare and magical descriptive powers that have led Elizabeth McCrackenâ‚¬s fiction to be hailed as â‚¬Å“exquisiteâ‚¬Â (The New York Times Book Review), â‚¬Å“funny and heartbreakingâ‚¬Â (The Boston Globe), and â‚¬Å“a true marvelâ‚¬Â (San Francisco Chronicle), these nine vibrant stories navigate the fragile space between love and loneliness. In â‚¬Å“Property,â‚¬Â selected by Geraldine Brooks for The Best American Short Stories, a young scholar, grieving the sudden death of his wife, decides to refurbish the Maine rental house they were to share together by removing his landlordâ‚¬s possessions. In â‚¬Å“Peter Elroy: A Documentary by Ian Casey,â‚¬Â the household of a successful filmmaker is visited years later by his famous first subject, whose trust he betrayed. In â‚¬Å“The Lost & Found Department of Greater Boston,â‚¬Â the manager of a grocery store becomes fixated on the famous case of a missing local woman, and on the fate of the teenage son she left behind. And in the unforgettable title story, a family makes a quixotic decision to flee to Paris for a summer, only to find their lives altered in an unimaginable way by their teenage daughterâ‚¬s risky behavior.
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In Elizabeth McCrackenâ‚¬s universe, heartache is always interwoven with strange, charmed moments of joyâ‚¬"an unexpected conversation with small children, the gift of a parrot with a bad French accentâ‚¬"that remind us of the wonder and mystery of being alive. Thunderstruck & Other Stories shows this inimitable writer working at the full height of her powers.
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Praise for Thunderstruck & Other Stories
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â‚¬Å“Restorative, unforgettableÂ . . . aÂ powerful testament to the scratchy humor and warm intelligence of McCrackenâ‚¬s writing.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Sylvia Brownrigg, The New York Times Book Review (Editorâ‚¬s Choice)

â‚¬Å“[A] bewitching and wise collection . . . playful, even joyful.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"O: The Oprah Magazine
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â‚¬Å“Stunningly beautiful . . . brilliantly moving . . . Moments of joy and pure magic flicker and pitch-perfect humor acts as a furtive SOS signal through the fog of loss.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Los Angeles Times

â‚¬Å“Each of Thunderstruckâ‚¬s nine stories is a storm: delightful and destructive, packed with electricity, fascinating to watch unfold.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Salon
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â‚¬Å“The stories here are brilliant, funny and heartbreaking. . . . Elizabeth McCracken is a national treasure.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Paul Harding, The Wall Street Journal
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â‚¬Å“Pure delight: one lyrical, impeccably constructed sentence after another.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Chicago Tribune
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â‚¬Å“Beautifully wrought . . . As painstaking as a watchmaker, McCracken disassembles life down to its smallest parts.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Boston Globe
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â‚¬Å“The psychological punches McCracken delivers, with her keen sense of irony and mordant humor, are unforgettable.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Miami Herald
Country USA
Manufacturer The Dial Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2014-04-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385335775

Country	USA
Manufacturer	The Dial Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2014-04-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385335775

Thunderstruck & Other Stories

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