Macleod Alexander - Animal Person Stories - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The highly anticipated new book of short fiction from the O. Henry Prize winner Alexander Mac Leod a magnificent collection about the needs temptations and tensions that exist just beneath the surface of our lives. Startling suspenseful and deeply humane yet alert to the undertow of our darker instincts the eight stories in Animal Person illuminate what it means to exist in the perilous space between desire and action and to have your faith in what you hold true buckle and give way. A petty argument between two sisters is interrupted by an unexpected visitor. Adjoining motel rooms connect a family on the brink of a new life with a criminal whose legacy will haunt them for years to come. A connoisseur of other people's secrets is undone by what he finds in a piece of lost luggage. In the wake of a tragic accident a young man must contend with what is owed to the living and to the dead. And in the O. Henry Prize winning story Lagomorph a man's relationship with his family's long - lived pet rabbit opens up to become a profound exploration of how a marriage fractures. Muscular and tender beautifully crafted and alive with an elemental power these stories explore the struggle for meaning and connection in an age when many of us feel cut off from so much not least ourselves. This is a collection that beats with raw emotion and shimmers with the complexity of our shared human experience and it confirms Alexander Mac Leod's reputation as a modern master of the short story.
Title: Animal Person Stories
Author(s): Macleod Alexander
Publisher: Picador
Barcode: 9781250863010
Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/4/2023
Category: Short Stories