Notes from the fog : stories /

Notes from the fog : stories /

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Author / Creator:	Marcus, Ben, 1967- author.
Uniform title:	Short stories. Selections
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. ©2018
Description:	266 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Interpersonal relations -- Fiction. Short stories, American. Interpersonal relations Short stories, American Short stories. Black humor. Black humor Fiction Short stories
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11686376

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ISBN:	9781101947456 1101947454
Summary:	"Thirteen transfixing new stories from one of the most innovative writers of his generation and one of the most vital and original voices of our time--for fans of George Saunders, Nathan Englander, and Elizabeth Strout. In these thirteen ingenious stories, Ben Marcus reveals moments of redemption in the sometimes nightmarish modern world. In "The Grow-Light Blues," a hapless, corporate drone finds love after being disfigured testing his employer's newest nutrition supplement--the enhanced glow from his computer monitor. In the chilling "Cold Little Bird," a father finds himself alienated from his family when he starts to suspect that his son's precocity has turned sinister. "The Boys" follows a sister who descends into an affair with her recently widowed brother-in-law. In "Blueprints for St. Louis," two architects in a flailing marriage consider the ethics of adding a mist that artificially incites emotion in mourners to their latest assignment, a memorial to a terrorist attack. A heartbreaking collection of stories that showcases the author's compassion, tenderness, and mordant humor--blistering, beautiful work from a modern master"-- "Thirteen transfixing new stories from one of the most innovative writers of his generation and one of the most vital and original voices of our time--for fans of George Saunders, Nathan Englander, and Elizabeth Strout"--
Other form:	Online version: Marcus, Ben, 1967- Notes from the fog. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018 9781101947463

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Summary:	Ben Marcus returns with a collection of timely dystopian visions of alienation in a modern world. Here a hapless, corporate drone finds love after being disfigured from testing his employer's newest nutrition supplement; a father starts to suspect that his son's precocity has turned sinister; and two architects in a failing marriage must consider the ethics of artificially inciting emotion as they construct a memorial to a terrorist attack. It's these characters and others that over the course of thirteen short stories showcase Marcus's compassion, imagination, and mordant humor. Never has existential catastrophe been so much fun.
Physical Description:	266 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:	9781101947456 1101947454