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Core, Leopoldine, 1985-
Subjects
Women -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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Core, Leopoldine, 1985-
Women -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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When watched : stories /
Leopoldine
Core
.
by
Core
,
Leopoldine
,
1985-
Penguin Books, c2016.
Call #:
FICTION COR
Subjects
Women -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780143128694 (pbk.)
0143128698 (pbk.)
Description:
228 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Short stories.
Contents:
Hog for sorrow -- The underside of charm -- Smiling -- Another breed -- Historic tree nurseries -- Chubby minutes -- The trip -- Memory -- Teenage hate -- Orphans -- A coffin -- The hitch -- When watched -- Polaroids in the snow -- Like baby -- A career -- Pleasure kid -- Paradise -- George Harrison and the end of the world.
Summary:
"A sly, provocative, and psychologically astute debut story collection from a 2015 Whiting Award winner In
Leopoldine
Core
's stories, you never know where you are going to end up. Populated by sex workers and artists, lovers and friends, her characters are endlessly striving to understand each other. And while they may seem to operate at the margins, there is something eminently relatable, even elemental about their romantic relationships, their personal demons, and the strange shapes their joy can take. Refreshing, witty, and absolutely close to the heart,
Core
's twenty stories, set in and around New York City, have an other-worldly quality along with a deep seriousness--even a moral seriousness. What we know of identity is smashed and in its place, true individuals emerge, each bristling with a unique sexuality, a belief-system all their own. Reminiscent of Jane Bowles, William Burroughs, and Colette, her writing glows with an authenticity that is intoxicating and rare. Dirty and squalid, poetic and pure,
Core
bravely tunnels straight to the center of human suffering and longing. This collection announces a daring and deeply sensitive new voice"--From publisher.
Genre:
Short stories.
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