false<![CDATA[Nothing Right: Short Stories]]>51791452<DIV><B>A collection of stories from one of the <I>New Yorker</I>’s “twenty young fiction writers of the new millennium,” a series of unforgettable glimpses into contemporary family life. <P></P></B>Set in the American Southwest, and featuring one previously unpublished story, <I>Nothing Right </I>shows one of our best writers working at the top of her game. Antonya Nelson’s stories are masterpieces: poignant, hilarious, truthful explorations of domesticity. <P></P>The artfully rendered characters in <I>Nothing Right </I>try to keep themselves intact as their personal lives explode around them. A mother and her teenage son finally find common ground when his girlfriend becomes pregnant. A woman leaves her husband and finds herself living with a stranger who is getting extensive plastic surgery while her best friend is dying of cancer. In “Or Else,” one of three short stories nominated for a National Magazine Award for the <I>New Yorker</I>, a man brings his girlfriend to a house he claims belongs to his family, only to have his lie exposed when one of the real owners comes home to scatter her father’s ashes. <P></P>These stories are sure to delight longtime fans and readers lucky enough to be just discovering Antonya Nelson.</DIV>5246231322009Nothing Right: Short Storiestotal:94|5:25|4:31|3:28|2:7|1:3|943502263631falsefalseTue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009Mon Feb 02 11:09:11 -0800 2009Mon Mar 02 15:20:56 -0800 2009
Nothing Right by Antonya Nelson is another hardcover short story collection by an author whose work is familiar, yet it was a reading experience altogether different from In Other Rooms, Other Wonders. The order of the stories is as significant as the content. In Nothing Right the title story is a...more...]]>
41falsefalseSat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sat Mar 14 18:32:30 -0700 2009Sat Mar 21 17:55:19 -0700 2009
more...]]>
40falsefalseSun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009Tue Jun 16 09:11:32 -0700 2009Tue Jun 16 09:15:02 -0700 2009
more...]]>
50falsefalseThu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sat Jul 18 20:03:48 -0700 2009Thu Aug 06 18:26:20 -0700 2009
more...]]>
50falsefalseTue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu May 21 06:39:15 -0700 2009Thu Jun 04 09:42:06 -0700 2009
more...]]>
50falsefalseSun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009Thu May 14 14:29:22 -0700 2009Thu May 14 14:32:12 -0700 2009 Nelson is one of my favorite writers. All these short stories were excellent. I couldn’t go through and recapture them in a sentence or two. Some short story books just have to be reread and this one will be one of them. ...more...]]>
40falsefalseSun Apr 05 18:49:03 -0700 2009Sun Apr 05 18:56:40 -0700 2009
more...]]>
30falsefalseFri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009Tue Mar 17 16:20:48 -0700 2009Fri Oct 09 20:51:51 -0700 2009
more...]]>
50falsefalseSun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009Wed May 20 16:36:18 -0700 2009Wed May 20 16:36:56 -0700 2009
more...]]>
50falsefalseMon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009Tue Sep 22 14:40:13 -0700 2009Tue Sep 22 14:43:17 -0700 2009
more...]]>
20falsefalseThu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009Fri May 29 16:50:04 -0700 2009Fri May 29 16:53:01 -0700 2009
Very descriptive and language cadence gra...more...]]>
20falsefalseWed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon May 04 14:19:40 -0700 2009Mon May 04 14:19:51 -0700 200930falsefalseFri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009Wed Apr 29 19:59:10 -0700 2009Fri May 08 17:47:28 -0700 200950falsefalseTue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon Oct 05 18:49:08 -0700 2009Mon Oct 05 18:50:17 -0700 200940falsefalseTue Mar 24 12:09:53 -0700 2009Thu Mar 26 10:13:01 -0700 200930falsefalseSun Apr 26 14:30:10 -0700 2009Sun Apr 26 14:30:46 -0700 200950falsefalseWed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009Wed Feb 18 21:24:34 -0800 2009Wed Mar 18 21:50:02 -0700 2009
more...]]>
50falsefalseThu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon Aug 24 10:13:31 -0700 2009Mon Aug 24 10:14:12 -0700 200900falsefalseFri Feb 20 13:03:48 -0800 2009Fri Feb 20 13:05:12 -0800 200900falsefalseWed Feb 11 05:31:44 -0800 2009Wed Feb 11 05:32:03 -0800 2009
http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5179145