The Brutal Language of Love

Alicia Erian's characters are brave, disarming, affectionate, and deeply flawed. They inhabit the not-so-very-wide space between a good intention and a bad outcome. In Alcatraz, we meet a middle-school spelling champion who spends her afternoons taking baths with the boy next door. In Almonds and Cherries, a young woman turns an unexpectedly arousing bra-shopping experience into a short film, with ramifications for everyone around her. In On the Occasion of My Ruination, a college-bound student plots to lose her virginity to a pizza parlor waiter. The Brutal Language of Love challenges traditional notions of right and wrong with what has become Erian's signature -- an achingly stylish humor and a deep understanding of the brutal truth about human nature. These surprising, provocative, and deeply resonant stories marked the emergence of a major talent

Author: Alicia Erian
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 07/15/2008
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.37h x 5.67w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9781416592716
ISBN10: 1416592717
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Humorous | Black Humor
- Fiction | Coming of Age

About the Author
Alicia Erian is the author of a short story collection, The Brutal Language of Love. Her work has appeared in Playboy, Zoetrope, Nerve, The Iowa Review, and other publications. This is her first novel

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