Because They Wanted to: Stories
Mary Gaitskill
(Author)
Description
A New York Times Notable Book A man tells a story to a woman sitting beside him on a plane, little suspecting what it reveals about his capacity for cruelty and contempt. A callow runaway girl is stranded in a strange city with another woman's fractiously needy children. An uncomprehending father helplessly lashes out at the daughter he both loves and resents. In these raw, startling, and incandescently lovely stories, the author of Veronica yields twelve indelible portraits of people struggling with the disparity between what they want and what they know. Because They Wanted To is further evidence that Gaitskill is one of the fiercest, funniest, and most subversively compassionate writers at work today.Product Details
Price
$16.00
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publish Date
February 27, 1998
Pages
256
Dimensions
5.34 X 7.94 X 0.55 inches | 0.49 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780684841441
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About the Author
Mary Gaitskill is a novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, Best American Short Stories, and The O. Henry Prize Stories.