Notes from the fog : stories

Author

Ben Marcus

Call Number

• FICTION MARC (CEN)

Edition

First edition,

Publication Information

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

Physical Description

266 pages ; 25 cm

Summary

"Thirteen new stories from one of the most innovative writers of his generation and one of the most vital and original voices of our time. In these thirteen stories, Ben Marcus reveals moments of redemption in the sometimes nightmarish modern world. In "The Grow-Light Blues," a hapless, corporate drone finds love after being disfigured testing his employer's newest nutrition supplement--the enhanced glow from his computer monitor. In the chilling "Cold Little Bird," a father finds himself alienated from his family when he starts to suspect that his son's precocity has turned sinister. "The Boys" follows a sister who descends into an affair with her recently widowed brother-in-law. In "Blueprints for St. Louis," two architects in a flailing marriage consider the ethics of adding a mist that artificially incites emotion in mourners to their latest assignment, a memorial to a terrorist attack. A heartbreaking collection of stories that showcases the author's compassion, tenderness, and mordant humor--blistering, beautiful work from a modern master"--

Notes

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.

Contents

• Cold little bird
• Precious precious
• Blueprints for St. Louis
• The boys
• The grow-light blues
• George and Elizabeth
• A suicide of trees
• Critique
• Lotion
• Omen
• Stay down and take it
• The trees of Sawtooth Park
• Notes from the fog.