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I'm actually going to review three short story collections at once, since I read them all in quick succession, Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill, Men Without Women: Stories by Haruki Murakami, and Joshua Ferris's The Dinner Party and Other Stories.
Three different authors each with their own particular short story voice and all fantastic in their own particular way.
Gaitskill is all id. This is our most primal urges and confused longings forcing the world into contortions, usually lizard brain sexua ...more
Three different authors each with their own particular short story voice and all fantastic in their own particular way.
Gaitskill is all id. This is our most primal urges and confused longings forcing the world into contortions, usually lizard brain sexua ...more
"Secretary" is my favorite story. The end is nothing like what I recall of the film. It's not specified how old Debby is, but I relate to her living at home, the role of her parents in her job search, finding this secretary position, feeling content for a brief while, having a boring routine at home, feeling afraid and anxious in the office because of a supervisor's bad tension, etc. I enjoyed how often clerical work was a theme in this book. Other themes: competition and condescension with frie
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