false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172359594m/168628.jpg 168628 1 <div>In <i>Human Oddities, </i>by newcomer Noria Jablonski, we meet Siamese twins, newly separated, drag queens, and seedy hospital orderlies. A corpse washed up on the beach, cancer diagnoses, and tummy tuck operations all intrude abruptly into characters&#8217; lives; sadness is interrupted by hilarity. Jablonski&#8217;s characters cope with the drama of the body and what it means, what it feels like, to be marked as different.<br><br>If Ludwig Wittgenstein&#8217;s belief that &#8220;the human body is the best picture of the human soul&#8221; is right, what does that say about the diseased body, the less-than-perfect body? Without flinching, Noria Jablonski shows us the passions and longings of her characters, made more vivid by their bodies in doubt, on hold, in transit. Her earthy, pungent characters and deadpan narrative style leave their mark on a reader.<br><br>With the blunt, gritty impact of a Diane Arbus photograph, these are stories of lives not commonly recorded, and the characters&#8212;often physically unique, some might say monstrous&#8212;are delivered with compassion, dignity, and a hopeful, therapeutic humor. Brought to light, they deepen our understanding of the human condition, revealing us to ourselves.</div> 162840 30 8 2005 Human Oddities: Stories total:34|5:11|4:15|3:4|2:3|1:1| 34 134 91 6 168628 1593760841 9781593760847 34 6 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172359594m/168628.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168628.Human_Oddities_Stories 3 1 false Fri Apr 20 06:26:48 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 10:38:44 -0700 2007 Geek Love. Unfortunately, it's a rather unremarkable book of domestic fiction, with a few classic freak show performers tossed into the mix. Do we really need two completely unrelated sto...more...]]> 168628 1593760841 9781593760847 34 6 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172359594m/168628.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168628.Human_Oddities_Stories 4 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Aug 12 11:06:58 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 18:45:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 168628 1593760841 9781593760847 34 6 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172359594m/168628.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168628.Human_Oddities_Stories 5 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 08:36:11 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 08:36:11 -0700 2007 168628 1593760841 9781593760847 34 6 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172359594m/168628.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168628.Human_Oddities_Stories 2 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 27 14:20:40 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 14:21:22 -0800 2008 168628 1593760841 9781593760847 34 6 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172359594m/168628.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168628.Human_Oddities_Stories 2 0 false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 21:35:17 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 14:33:31 -0700 2008 Gay people?
People with plastic surgery?

I was hoping for a book about actual human oddities.

I only give it 2/5 stars because some parts were beautifully written. But as far as content, I was pretty disappointed.
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