We Come to Our Senses: Stories
Odie Lindsey
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Description
Lacerating and lyrical, We Come to Our Senses centers on men and women affected by combat directly and tangentially, and the peculiar legacies of war. The story "Evie M." is about a vet turned office clerk whose petty neuroses derail even her suicide; in "We Come to Our Senses," a hip young couple leaves the city for the sticks, trading film festivals for firearms; in "Colleen" a woman redeploys to her Mississippi hometown, and confronts the superior who abused her at war; and in "11/19/98" a couple obsesses over sitcoms and retail catalogs, extracting joy and deeper meaning. The story "Hers" is about the sexual politics of a combat zone.
Product Details
Price
$25.95
$24.13
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
July 26, 2016
Pages
208
Dimensions
5.6 X 0.9 X 8.4 inches | 0.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780393249606
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About the Author
Odie Lindsey teaches at Vanderbilt University and is author of We Come to Our Senses and other works of fiction.
Reviews
The debut we hope for: heart-quickening, kinetic, relentless in its engagement with our time.--Paul Yoon
Lindsey writes with quiet confidence and sometimes arch humor that invites comparison to Ben Fountain and Phil Klay but that wouldn't displease Flannery O'Connor. Superb atmospherics coupled with arresting story lines.
Brutal, precise, like a bullet to the heart, Lindsey's prose is exactly right for conveying what war does to the human soul. Whether comic or tragic, the characters in these stories feel so vibratingly alive they seem to be whispering directly into your ear.--Helen Benedict, author of Sand Queen and The Lonely Soldier
Lindsey's debut artfully portrays the American South....Lindsey's lyrical, frenetic prose calls to mind Barry Hannah; and, like Hannah, he imparts a grim and pitying hope to his characters.
The writing here is nuanced, correct, and felt enough that, for once, 'Support Our Troops' is not political pablum. One might say that in Odie Lindsey's care 'Support Our Troops' is a literary imperative.--Padgett Powell, author of Cries for Help, Various
With a searing insightfulness and a dark humor all his own, Odie Lindsey holds up a powerful lens to an experience of modern American warfare that has been largely ignored in fiction--that of female veterans. This is collection about how the battles we wage with the external world are really only half the fight.--Bonnie Jo Campbell, National Book Award Finalist and author of Once Upon a River
[A] gritty and ambitious debut collection...Odie Lindsey is an innovative and consummate prose stylist.--Mary Miller, author of The Last Days of California
Here's an exciting, even thrilling new voice I'm delighted to read, to hear in my head. He's got all the notes, he's all in. Odie Lindsey's a terrific writer--pitch-perfect, entirely under control at high speed--who doesn't hold anything back.--Brad Watson, author of Aliens in the Primes of Their Lives
, but more particular in its examination of the new American veteran.
Lindsey writes with quiet confidence and sometimes arch humor that invites comparison to Ben Fountain and Phil Klay but that wouldn't displease Flannery O'Connor. Superb atmospherics coupled with arresting story lines.
Brutal, precise, like a bullet to the heart, Lindsey's prose is exactly right for conveying what war does to the human soul. Whether comic or tragic, the characters in these stories feel so vibratingly alive they seem to be whispering directly into your ear.--Helen Benedict, author of Sand Queen and The Lonely Soldier
Lindsey's debut artfully portrays the American South....Lindsey's lyrical, frenetic prose calls to mind Barry Hannah; and, like Hannah, he imparts a grim and pitying hope to his characters.
The writing here is nuanced, correct, and felt enough that, for once, 'Support Our Troops' is not political pablum. One might say that in Odie Lindsey's care 'Support Our Troops' is a literary imperative.--Padgett Powell, author of Cries for Help, Various
With a searing insightfulness and a dark humor all his own, Odie Lindsey holds up a powerful lens to an experience of modern American warfare that has been largely ignored in fiction--that of female veterans. This is collection about how the battles we wage with the external world are really only half the fight.--Bonnie Jo Campbell, National Book Award Finalist and author of Once Upon a River
[A] gritty and ambitious debut collection...Odie Lindsey is an innovative and consummate prose stylist.--Mary Miller, author of The Last Days of California
Here's an exciting, even thrilling new voice I'm delighted to read, to hear in my head. He's got all the notes, he's all in. Odie Lindsey's a terrific writer--pitch-perfect, entirely under control at high speed--who doesn't hold anything back.--Brad Watson, author of Aliens in the Primes of Their Lives
, but more particular in its examination of the new American veteran.
