Days of Awe
A.M. Homes
Days of Awe
A.M. Homes
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A fantastic new collection of short stories from one of America's greatest writers
The direct, acerbic writing here feels enjoyably characteristic of [Homes'] whole oeuvre...She narrates the stories in a pacy present tense, energised by amusing quips and details
Superb
Homes is... at her merciless satirical best in skewering the comedy of disappointment and dread, the squirm of self indulgence and self-justification'
Homes is a devastating satirist and many a passage is wickedly sharp... funny... The humour is complicated by a wistfulness and yearning , a lostness and sorrow, that's fruitfully inclusive
Homes's dialogue is sharp, clever and often darkly funny
Homes's keen ear for speech highlights the challenges of communicating
At turns surreal, dark and occasionally - in one case literally - uplifting, there's plenty of acerbic wit in this collection by a mistress of the genre. Awe-inspiring
[Her] best stories are original and destabilising, at once melancholy and absurd... As ingenious as ever
Homes is one of the most provocative of American writers, and these stories are sure to be just as impressive
The corporeal body takes centre stage throughout [and] a distinctive black humour abounds... "Handle with care" is the warning that springs to mind
These stories offer rich rewards
Unusually for a short story collection, Homes never misses a hit. That said, 'A Prize for Every Player'[...]is a particular triumph
These defiantly comic stories are like postcards from contemporary America
Breathtakingly accurate satire and laser-cut portraits of American life from a seriously heavyweight author whose snapshots remained etched on the retinas
Puts a surreal slant on everyday America and celebrates the psyche at its most bizarre... Brilliantly biting stories
Storytelling of the most exquisite kind - insightful, observant, wickedly funny and revealing of the human heart in all its complexity
[A] diverse and thoughtfully considered collection... Thought-provoking
A short story collection that skewers the craziness of modern line, from the cult of consumerism to the false intimacy of social media
Homes has long been a master of exposing the lurid reality lying just beneath the everyday...There is horror of a higher sort, that of memory and mortality. Here there are tenacious terrors that linger long after you close the book
A satiric, surreal take on contemporary America...funny, outrageous, reflective and shot through with unexpected tenderness
A.M. Homes is the author of the novels May We Be Forgiven, which won the Women's Prize 2013, This Book Will Save Your Life, a Richard and Judy pick in 2007, Music for Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers and Jack, two collections of short stories, Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects, and the highly acclaimed memoir The Mistress's Daughter, as well as the travel memoir Los Angeles: People, Places and the Castle on the Hill. She is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and writes frequently on arts and culture for numerous magazines and newspapers. She lives in New York City.
The direct, acerbic writing here feels enjoyably characteristic of [Homes'] whole oeuvre...She narrates the stories in a pacy present tense, energised by amusing quips and details
Superb
Homes is... at her merciless satirical best in skewering the comedy of disappointment and dread, the squirm of self indulgence and self-justification'
Homes is a devastating satirist and many a passage is wickedly sharp... funny... The humour is complicated by a wistfulness and yearning , a lostness and sorrow, that's fruitfully inclusive
Homes's dialogue is sharp, clever and often darkly funny
Homes's keen ear for speech highlights the challenges of communicating
At turns surreal, dark and occasionally - in one case literally - uplifting, there's plenty of acerbic wit in this collection by a mistress of the genre. Awe-inspiring
[Her] best stories are original and destabilising, at once melancholy and absurd... As ingenious as ever
Homes is one of the most provocative of American writers, and these stories are sure to be just as impressive
The corporeal body takes centre stage throughout [and] a distinctive black humour abounds... "Handle with care" is the warning that springs to mind
These stories offer rich rewards
Unusually for a short story collection, Homes never misses a hit. That said, 'A Prize for Every Player'[...]is a particular triumph
These defiantly comic stories are like postcards from contemporary America
Breathtakingly accurate satire and laser-cut portraits of American life from a seriously heavyweight author whose snapshots remained etched on the retinas
Puts a surreal slant on everyday America and celebrates the psyche at its most bizarre... Brilliantly biting stories
Storytelling of the most exquisite kind - insightful, observant, wickedly funny and revealing of the human heart in all its complexity
[A] diverse and thoughtfully considered collection... Thought-provoking
A short story collection that skewers the craziness of modern line, from the cult of consumerism to the false intimacy of social media
Homes has long been a master of exposing the lurid reality lying just beneath the everyday...There is horror of a higher sort, that of memory and mortality. Here there are tenacious terrors that linger long after you close the book
A satiric, surreal take on contemporary America...funny, outrageous, reflective and shot through with unexpected tenderness
A.M. Homes is the author of the novels May We Be Forgiven, which won the Women's Prize 2013, This Book Will Save Your Life, a Richard and Judy pick in 2007, Music for Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers and Jack, two collections of short stories, Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects, and the highly acclaimed memoir The Mistress's Daughter, as well as the travel memoir Los Angeles: People, Places and the Castle on the Hill. She is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and writes frequently on arts and culture for numerous magazines and newspapers. She lives in New York City.