The safety of objects : stories
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書誌事項
The safety of objects : stories
(Penguin books, . Fiction)
Penguin, 2013, c1990
- : pbk
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収録内容
- Adults alone
- Looking for Johnny
- Chunky in heat
- Jim Train
- The bullet catcher
- Yours truly
- Esther in the night
- Slumber party
- The I of it
- A real doll
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The breakthrough story collection that established A. M. Homes as one of the most daring writers of her generation
Originally published in 1990 to wide critical acclaim, this extraordinary first collection of stories by A. M. Homes confronts the real and the surreal on even terms to create a disturbing and sometimes hilarious vision of the American dream. Included here are "Adults Alone," in which a couple drops their kids off at Grandma's and gives themselves over to ten days of Nintendo, porn videos, and crack; "A Real Doll," in which a girl's blond Barbie doll seduces her teenaged brother; and "Looking for Johnny," in which a kidnapped boy, having failed to meet his abductor's expectations, is returned home. These stories, by turns satirical, perverse, unsettling, and utterly believable, expose the dangers of ordinary life even as their characters stay hidden behind the disguises they have so carefully created.
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