Description
In this long-awaited collection of short fiction by the author of Mariana and Our Lady of the Artichokes, beauty is continually and painfully present in all places--in a Thanksgiving dinner assembled by a widowed DMV worker being stalked by an irate customer; in a middle-aged Hollywood actress who captivates a young studio animator for decades; in the aftermath of an unthinkable tragedy; and in a daughter's memories of the ethereal, melting ice sculptures made by a woman embroiled in an affair with a wealthy lawyer. Amid their complex, turbulent relationships in a chronic state of crisis, Katherine Vaz's wise and restless protagonists carry within them the seeds of a vanished, gracious world of urbane dinner parties and passionate affairs--a humane and cultured civilization whose flawed inhabitants are redeemed by their ability to blend the aesthetic imperative with the power to love.
Author: Katherine Vaz
Publisher: Tailwinds Press Enterprises LLC
Published: 02/01/2017
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780996717564
ISBN10: 0996717560
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Women