The Complexities of Intimacy (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, 2008
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Paperback. Dark, rich, rewarding stories that present the American family as a Heironymous Bosch painting.The stories in The Complexities of Intimacy offer a surreal and darkly comedic exploration of that most complex of all institutionsthe nuclear family. A breathtaking stylist, Mary Caponegro imbues her collection with startling details: a sister with an anatomical secret, a brother who invents a hammock from a harp, and precocious children who choose their own parents. Buoyed by her arch, Jamesian prose and psychological tone, Caponegros stories are as delicately intricate as the fragile and difficult relationships they describe. Dark, rich, rewarding stories that present the American family as a Heironymous Bosch painting. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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- Title
- The Complexities of Intimacy (Paperback)
- Author
- Mary Caponegro
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press, Minneapolis
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1566891205
- ISBN 13
- 9781566891202
- Edition
- 1st Edition
The stories in The Complexities of Intimacy offer a surreal and darkly comedic exploration of that most complex of all institutions—the nuclear family. A breathtaking stylist, Mary Caponegro imbues her collection with startling details: a sister with an anatomical secret, a brother who invents a hammock from a harp, and precocious children who choose their own parents. Buoyed by her arch, Jamesian prose and psychological tone, Caponegro’s stories are as delicately intricate as the fragile and difficult relationships they describe.
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