false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173799512m/329190.jpg 329190 3 From the author of Superbad and Superworse, a new collection of stories about giving, wanting, and the wonders of love. A Circle Is a Compass and a Balloon Both is a collection of stories about love, the most elusive and problematic of all phenomena. With a mix of traditional, literary prose and bold some might even say irresponsible experimentation, Ben Greenman explores the ins and outs of modern romance. Expect tears, nudity, and recrimination. Both familiar in their humanness and wholly original, these imaginative stories take us all over the map in time, place, and circumstance. From the halfhearted summer affair between a part-time bartender and a married doctor in a Miami hotel to the cryptic pseudo-erotic love letters to a friend who is more than a friend, we experience the love of pop songs, the love of cohabitation in Chicago, and love that is so transporting it takes us to the moon literally. 1133708 6 4 2007 A Circle is a Balloon and Compass Both: Stories about Human Love total:61|5:0|4:2|3:0|2:0|1:0| 61 226 91 15 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 09:04:14 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 10:01:05 -0700 2007 Superbad consisting entirely of made-up...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 13 07:25:21 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 13 07:26:17 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 19:29:40 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 03 11:45:44 -0800 2008 Superbad, but then nothing short of David Sedaris is. It is a suite of stories about love in its neatly compartmentalized forms (both love and the stories themselves, actually) and while some are touching and others a little alienating, they all resonate ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 19:53:04 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 18 20:26:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 18:47:14 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 09:55:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 18:23:58 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 14:07:43 -0700 2008
Greenman mixes thing up a bit tossing together traditional stories with the more playful and exp...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 02 17:24:04 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 29 07:35:13 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 00:59:35 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 21:00:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 23 20:56:53 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 20:59:51 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Wed Aug 27 08:52:48 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 08:54:09 -0700 2008 3 0 true false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 21:11:37 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 16:34:56 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Fri Jun 08 14:01:43 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 11:56:45 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Apr 20 23:37:41 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 18:04:47 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Thu Jan 31 07:32:55 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 06:42:09 -0800 2008
There were a couple stories in here that I really wanted to like...never quite worked out that way, though. Too precious.]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 26 13:24:43 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 13:25:04 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 16:23:05 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 16:23:05 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 21:48:59 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 21:48:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 09 12:46:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 12:46:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 10:24:28 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 18:31:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 14:40:59 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 14:40:59 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=329190