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Phillips, Helen, 1983-
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Some
possible
solutions
:
stories
/ Helen Phillips.
by
Phillips, Helen, 1983-
Henry Holt and Co., c2016.
Call #:
FICTION PHI
ISBN:
9781627793797 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
213 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
The knowers --
Some
possible
solutions
-- The doppelgangers -- The messy joy of the final throes of the dinner party -- Life care center -- The joined -- Flesh and blood -- When the tsunami came -- Game -- One of us will be happy; it's just a matter of which one -- Things we do -- R -- Children -- The worst -- How I began to bleed again after six alarming months without -- The beekeeper -- The wedding stairs -- Contamination generation.
Summary:
"In a spine-tingling new collection, the "unique"(NPR) and "wickedly funny" (New York Times) Helen Phillips offers an idiosyncratic series of "what-ifs" about our fragile human condition.
Some
Possible
Solutions
offers an idiosyncratic series of "What ifs": What if your perfect hermaphrodite match existed on another planet? What if you could suddenly see through everybody's skin to their organs? What if you knew the exact date of your death? What if your city was filled with doppelgangers of you? Forced to navigate these bizarre scenarios, Phillips' characters search for
solutions
to the problem of how to survive in an irrational, infinitely strange world. In dystopias that are exaggerated versions of the world in which we live, these characters strive for intimacy and struggle to resolve their fraught relationships with each other, with themselves, and with their place in the natural world. We meet a wealthy woman who purchases a high-tech sex toy in the shape of a man, a rowdy, moody crew of college students who resolve the energy crisis, and orphaned twin sisters who work as futuristic strippers--and with Phillips' characteristic smarts and imagination, we see that no one is quite who they appear. By turns surreal, witty, and perplexing, these marvelous
stories
are ultimately a reflection of our own reality and of the big questions that we all face. Who are we? Where do we fit? Phillips is a true original and a treasure"--From publisher.
Genre:
Short
stories
.
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