Come Up and See Me Sometime
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- 35,00 kr
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- 35,00 kr
Publisher Description
A smart, funny and remarkably polished collection of stories that combines the universal addictive appeal of Melissa Bank and Helen Fielding with the nervy, neurotic wit of Lorrie Moore.
'She’s fierce and original, and anyone who loves language and relishes what makes people tick will fall in love with her.' Anna Shapiro, Observer
'Exquisite. I gobbled up this book in one sitting.' Anna Maxted
The spirit of Mae West, the original liberated woman, lives on in this smart, funny collection of bittersweet tales of sex, cynicism and the single girl.
'Krouse's small-but-large tales of births, marriages and deaths have that gently Alan Bennett quality that comforts but unnerves all at the same time.' Lesley McDowell, Independent of Sunday
'A thoughtful and funny look at sex and the single girl.' Company
'This is arch, wise, accomplished storytelling.' Melissa Denes, Daily Telegraph
'Krouse's wistful, tender vision illuminates the bittersweet behind the bravado.' Daily Mail
'Frisky and unexpectedly serious. Full of zingy one-liners that would give Mae West a run for her money.' New York Times
Reviews
'Frisky and unexpectedly serious. Full of zingy one-liners that would give Mae West a run for her money. With the same deft touch she's used to make us laugh at life's ugly and unfortunate turns, Krouse takes a knotty and confusing situation and leaves us with a feeling of unbounded, exhilarating possibility.' New York Times
About the author
Erika Krouse has published work in The Atlantic Monthly , Story and Ploughshares. COME UP AND SEE ME SOMETIME is her first book.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Cliff, our relationship has no punch line," says one of the protagonists of the 13 stories in this witty, astringent debut collection. "Yet," he replies. Like the sly jab of an elbow, Krouse's wit startles her readers into sympathizing with the characters geographically and emotionally nomadic women and the men they love and despise of her downbeat tales. Heroin addict Cliff meets his girlfriend, in "Drugs and You," when she hits him while driving in Santa Fe. The female protagonist of "Mercy," a battered wife who has escaped from her husband, finds herself sliding into a relationship with her New York landlord, the cook at an unconventional Chinese restaurant. In "Momentum," Irene's live-in boyfriend decides he wants to leave her or maybe not and Irene cries so much her eyes no longer swell up: "she could now cry often and gracefully." In "Impersonator," one of the most powerful stories and one of the few with a hopeful ending, two feisty women who have dated the same excuse for a man eventually come to the logical conclusion that they were meant for each other. In "Too Big to Float," a young woman uses her fear of flying as a way to avoid what could be a meaningful romance with a handsome pilot. Though it sometimes seems as if each character dispenses the same bitter humor, Krouse's dialogue is crisp, with many of the barrage of one-liners hitting their targets dead-on. Each tale is prefaced by a quote from Mae West, regarded by some as the original Liberated Woman, but these stories need no props. Krouse is in the same league as Mary Gaitskill and Lorrie Moore, her fiction wise to the bravado required of Liberated Women through the ages.
