I know you know who I am : stories

Author

Peter Kispert

Call Number

• FICTION KISP (CEN)

Publication Information

New York : Penguin Books, [2020]

Physical Description

226 pages ; 20 cm

Summary

In a series of linked stories, Kispert explores deception, performance, and the uneasiness of reconciling a queer identity with the wider world. His characters try to navigate that dissonance by acting like another person for someone else. Throughout the collection we meet gay characters who have created sometimes elaborate falsehoods and who now must cope with the way that those deceptions eat at the very fabric of their lives and relationships. They are characters searching for paths to intimacy and attempting to deal with their own vulnerability.

Contents

• I know you know who I am ; Puncture ; River is to ocean as __ is to heart ; Human resources ; Aim for the heart ; Audition ; How to live your best life
• Please hold ; Be alive ; Breathing underwater ; Signs ; Rorschach ; Goldfish bowl ; Diving, drifting
• Master's thesis ; Touch pool ; Clearwater ; Tourniquet ; In the palm of his hand ; Double edge ; Mooring.