false 2264904 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2264904 2 2270912 5 8 2008 A Better Angel: Stories total:173|5:50|4:69|3:41|2:9|1:4| 173 671 351 59 12177 3.70 1416 433 31517315 69506 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.87 168 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 3 1 false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 08:17:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 15:59:49 -0700 2008 The Children's Hospital than free-standing, full-bodied stories. (When McSweeney's bought TCH's manuscript, it was 400 pp longer.) In a recent interview, Adrian admits t...more...]]> 42005528 1868606 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 0 0 false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 14:27:46 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 14:30:13 -0800 2009 STOP SMILING review of A Better Angel:

In “The Sum of Our Parts,” one of the stories included in A Better Angel, the reader is introduced to Beatrice, a comatose woman with an “unusual condition” that allows her soul to wander unseen through the hospital while her body aw...more...]]> 74357603 537324 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 22:26:16 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 19:56:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47019087 1338878 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 3 0 false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 21:31:15 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 20:43:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 57452720 85112 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 5 1 false Tue May 26 20:39:34 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 20:45:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 44303476 1950583 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 5 0 false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 25 12:30:11 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 17 14:39:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36543482 1666671 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 5 0 false Wed Nov 05 05:16:41 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 30 05:35:50 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 05:16:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 35675530 1362249 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 3 0 false Sun Oct 19 04:23:48 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 04:35:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 67726346 1919825 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 07:48:07 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 07:49:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 72768466 1100315 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Mon Sep 28 08:58:59 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 10:36:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 30873135 304835 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 5 0 false Wed Jan 21 09:04:14 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 22 00:46:03 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 21 09:04:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 79296329 2107432 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Sun Nov 29 10:36:07 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 10:38:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 63599000 317063 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 0 0 false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 10:32:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 21:33:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 64658853 3947 6640161 0312428537 9780312428532 2 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6640161-a-better-angel 4.20 5 A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE

In this inventive collection of stories, Chris Adrian treads the terrain of human suffering--illness, regret, mourning, sympathy--in the most unusual ways. A bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. A ne'er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily-disappointed heavenly agent. With A Better Angel's cast of living and dead characters, at once otherworldly and painfully human, Adrian has created a haunting work of spectral beauty and wit.

</DIV>]]> 2008 5 0 false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 10:40:52 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:13:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 62343682 721360 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 10:25:12 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 10:36:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 33276102 1544440 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 11:55:40 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 12:13:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 78959160 992202 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 25 09:52:39 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 09:54:09 -0800 2009 29463780 789091 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 17:31:51 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 19:35:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 46663067 1396907 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 1 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 13:11:05 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 13:13:30 -0800 2009 I was intrigued by the story where the major character talked with the devil, because I wanted to see what the devil had to say about stuff in his twisted way. I read two stories from the book. Both are so twisted and dark, I felt icky after reading. Wish I can shack i...more...]]> 40928670 16529 2264904 0374289905 9780374289904 57 <![CDATA[A Better Angel: Stories]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2264904.A_Better_Angel_Stories 3.88 173 A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. A ne’er-do-well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father in the remarkable title story, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily disappointed heavenly agent. In “The Colony,” a young doctor travels to a remote island to study a mind-destroying illness and finds himself the victim of a transfiguring sympathy for the afflicted. And in “Why Antichrist?,” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. Such miraculous and chilling events are not uncommon in Chris Adrian’s world, which is by turns heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic. </div><div> </div><div>With Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney’s, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice. </div></div>]]> 2008 5 0 false Fri Dec 26 08:04:31 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 08:05:27 -0800 2008
The title story in this collection is amazing.]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2264904