Intimate portraits of human fragility and resilience.
"You Are Not a Stranger Here" is a compassionate dive into the depths of the human psyche. Adam Haslett's skill in conjuring empathy through narrative is a unifying force across distinct settings and complex issues, touching on mental illness, loneliness, and the search for identity. If you're drawn to stories that aren't afraid to confront emotional truths while maintaining a tender literary touch, this collection could resonate deeply with you.
ISBN: 9780099443643
Authors:
Adam Haslett
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 2003-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.96
(rated by 4210 readers)
Description
The nine stories in You Are Not a Stranger Here are set in Los Angeles, the Midwest, New England, and England. What unites them is the refined writing and a raw emotional power that carries the reader past the surface of the subject and into the core of the characters' lives. There is grief, passion, loneliness, humor, and longing in these stories, but ultimately the book sets off the shock of recognition that takes readers past the cliched language of human suffering and brings them to understand their own experience through the characters' lives.
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