Games and rituals : stories
Call Number
- FICTION HEIN (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Physical Description
218 pages : 22 cm.
Summary
The games and rituals performed by Katherine Heiny's characters range from mischievous and edgy to tenderly touching. In "Damascus," a mother fears her teenage son is making the same youthful mistakes she did, only to realize that he is wiser than she had understood. In "Twist and Shout," Ericka's elderly father mistakes his four-thousand-dollar hearing aid for a cashew. In "Turn Back, Turn Back," a bedtime story coupled with a receipt for a Starbucks babyccino reveal a struggling actor's deception. And in "561," Charlene pays the true price of infidelity when she is forced to help her husband's ex-wife move out of the family home. ("It's like you're North Korea and South Korea... But would North Korea help South Korea move?") From one of today's most accomplished bard's of modern life--of waking up in the wrong bed, wearing the wrong shoes, being late for the wrong job, but being loved by the right people--a fresh and satisfying work of glorious humour and immense kindness.
Notes
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Contents
- Chicken-flavored and lemon-scented
- Damascus
- Twist and shout
- Turn back, turn back
- Games and rituals
- CobRa
- 561
- Pandemic behavior
- Bridesmaid, revisited
- King Midas
- Sky bar.