Brutal Language of Love Stories

Name: Brutal Language of Love Stories
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ISBN: 9781416592716

ISBN-10: 1416592717

ISBN-13: 9781416592716

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Authors: Alicia Erian

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Alicia Erian's characters are brave, disarming, affectionate, and deeply flawed. They inhabit the not-so-very-wide space between a good intention and a bad outcome. In "Alcatraz," we meet a middle-school spelling champion who spends her afternoons taking baths with the boy next door. In "Almonds and Cherries," a young woman turns an unexpectedly arousing bra-shopping experience into a short film, with ramifications for everyone around her. In "On the Occasion of My Ruination," a college-bound student plots to lose her virginity to a pizza parlor waiter.The Brutal Language of Lovechallenges traditional notions of right and wrong with what has become Erian's signature -- an achingly stylish…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 7/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English

Alicia Erian is a graduate of SUNY Binghamton and has an MFA in writing from Vermont College. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband.



Standing Up to the Superpowers


Alcatraz


Bikini


Almonds and Cherries


Lass


On the Occasion of my Ruination


The Brutal Language of Love


Still Life with Plaster


When Animals Attack