Description
In Stellify, stories of love, abuse, and the film industry weave and intertwine in fragments, like an Altman montage, or Lydia Davis flash that coalesces into a Jennifer Egan-style interlinked narrative. An actor's breakdown, instigated by an Elephant Man prosthetic, leads to a love affair with a Syrian screenwriter. As a teenage actress wends a painful route toward a kind of stardom, she connects with a British stuntman, seeking a new life and a new self in Hollywood. Moments of tenderness, disappointment, and neglect form around a Korean film festival. As these and other pieces develop, the storylines weave, creating a novel in fragments, and a constellation of the ways in which we love and hurt each other, set against the abusive superstructure of the film industry.
Author: Chris Neilan
Publisher: Broken Sleep Books
Published: 01/31/2022
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.64d
ISBN13: 9781915079046
ISBN10: 1915079047
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)