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Discover the captivating world of 'Objects of Desire' by Clare Sestanovich, a brand new collection of eleven powerful stories that delve into the complexities of modern womanhood. This exquisite B-format paperback, published by Pan Macmillan UK in 2022, has received accolades as a Best Book of the Summer from esteemed publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Esquire, and Refinery29.
In these evocative tales, readers are invited to explore the intimate and transient connections that shape our lives. A university student forms an unexpected bond with a couple during a plane journey; a mother grapples with her own unraveling as she prepares for her son's wedding; and a family confronts its buried taboos during a long-lost stepbrother's visit. Each story resonates with thrilling desire and melancholic yearning, encapsulating the journey from youth through the labyrinth of adulthood to the reflective essence of middle age.
Clare Sestanovich’s elegant prose shines through, inviting readers to recognize moments of startling clarity and profound insight. This collection is tender, lucid, and piercingly funny, marking Sestanovich as a major literary talent. As noted by Entertainment Weekly, this debut is the rare kind of story collection that leaves you wishing each piece could be an entire novel.
Shipping for this item is FREE; please allow 6 weeks for delivery. Please note that once you place your order, we are unable to cancel it.
Shipping for this item is FREE, however please allow 6 weeks for shipping, please note once you place the order we are not able to cancel it.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781529053586
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2022
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
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'Sestanovich’s elegant prose takes seriously the quiet unrest that can ravage a life' - Raven Leilani, author of Luster
A Best Book of the Summer in The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly,Vogue, Esquire and Refinery29
A university student is flying home to visit her family when she strikes up an odd, ephemeral friendship with the couple next to her on the plane. A mother prepares for her son's wedding, her own life unravelling as his comes together. A long-lost stepbrother's visit prompts a family's reckoning with its old taboos.
In these eleven powerful stories, thrilling desire and melancholic yearning animate women’s lives – from the brink of adulthood, to the labyrinthine path between twenty and thirty, to middle age, when certain possibilities quietly lapse. Tender, lucid and piercingly funny, Objects of Desire is a collection pulsing with subtle drama, rich with unforgettable scenes, and alive with moments of recognition, each more startling than the last - a spellbinding debut that announces a major talent.
'A debut story collection of the rarest kind . . . you wish that every single entry could be an entire novel.' — Entertainment Weekly
Clare Sestanovich named one of The National Book Foundation's '5 under 35'.
In these evocative tales, readers are invited to explore the intimate and transient connections that shape our lives. A university student forms an unexpected bond with a couple during a plane journey; a mother grapples with her own unraveling as she prepares for her son's wedding; and a family confronts its buried taboos during a long-lost stepbrother's visit. Each story resonates with thrilling desire and melancholic yearning, encapsulating the journey from youth through the labyrinth of adulthood to the reflective essence of middle age.
Clare Sestanovich’s elegant prose shines through, inviting readers to recognize moments of startling clarity and profound insight. This collection is tender, lucid, and piercingly funny, marking Sestanovich as a major literary talent. As noted by Entertainment Weekly, this debut is the rare kind of story collection that leaves you wishing each piece could be an entire novel.
Shipping for this item is FREE; please allow 6 weeks for delivery. Please note that once you place your order, we are unable to cancel it.
Shipping for this item is FREE, however please allow 6 weeks for shipping, please note once you place the order we are not able to cancel it.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781529053586
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2022
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
Description:
'Sestanovich’s elegant prose takes seriously the quiet unrest that can ravage a life' - Raven Leilani, author of Luster
A Best Book of the Summer in The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly,Vogue, Esquire and Refinery29
A university student is flying home to visit her family when she strikes up an odd, ephemeral friendship with the couple next to her on the plane. A mother prepares for her son's wedding, her own life unravelling as his comes together. A long-lost stepbrother's visit prompts a family's reckoning with its old taboos.
In these eleven powerful stories, thrilling desire and melancholic yearning animate women’s lives – from the brink of adulthood, to the labyrinthine path between twenty and thirty, to middle age, when certain possibilities quietly lapse. Tender, lucid and piercingly funny, Objects of Desire is a collection pulsing with subtle drama, rich with unforgettable scenes, and alive with moments of recognition, each more startling than the last - a spellbinding debut that announces a major talent.
'A debut story collection of the rarest kind . . . you wish that every single entry could be an entire novel.' — Entertainment Weekly
Clare Sestanovich named one of The National Book Foundation's '5 under 35'.