Notes from the fog : stories /

Notes from the fog : stories /

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Bibliographic Details
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

Table of Contents:

1.
Cold Little Bird
Precious Precious
Blueprints for St. Louis
2.
The Boys
The Grow-Light Blues
George and Elizabeth
A Suicide of Trees
3.
Critique
Lotion
Omen
4.
Stay Down and Take It
The Trees of Sawtooth Park
Notes from the Fog
Acknowledgments