05355cam a2200409 4500 235410673 TxAuBib 20140807120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780385351492 0385351496 B00H6JFIFK Amazon f5d17c67-cf41-47c4-afad-fc478a6acf73 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 232255 1489307 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Guterson, David. Problems with People [Libby eBook] : Stories. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2025kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:Ten sharply observed, funny, and wise new stories from the best-selling author of <i>Snow Falling on Cedars</i>: stunning explorations of the mysteries of love and our complex desire for connection.<br /> <br /> Ranging from youth to old age, the voices that inhabit <i>Problems with People</i> offer tender, unexpected, and always tightly focused accounts of our quest to understand each other, individually, and as part of a political and historical moment. These stories are shot through with tragedy--the long-ago loss of a young boyfriend, a son's death at sea; poignant reflections upon cultural and personal circumstances--whether it is being Jewish, overweight and single, or a tourist in a history-haunted land; and paradigmatic questions about our sense of reality and belonging. Spanning diverse geographies--all across America, and in countries as distant as Nepal and South Africa--these stories showcase David Guterson's signature gifts for characterization, psychological nuance, emotional and moral suspense, and evocations of small-town life and the natural world. They celebrate the ordinary yet brightening surprises that lurk within the dramas of our daily lives, as well as the return of a contemporary American master to the form that launched his astonishing literary career.<br /> <br /> This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide. "First-rate . . . The stories in Guterson's second collection portray men and women who experience some sort of people problem. Whether it's loneliness, anxiety, or depression, they suffer a paradoxical fear of and desire for human contact and intimacy . . . Some of the tales involve burdensome family members; others a new lover or the possibility of one; one has a racial theme. Painfully humorous, ironic, and satiric, each story is realistic, bordering on surrealistic; they're well-written and well crafted . . . A collection worth reading for its portraits of and insights into personhood and its problems.". HTML:Joseph Peschel, <i>The Boston Globe</i>. HTML:"Succinct, ambitious . . . People struggle to connect with each other in these 10 stories from the author of <i>Snow Falling on Cedars.</i> Some return to Guterson's customary Pacific Northwest, but elsewhere he ranges abroad, with settings including Kathmandu, Berlin and South Africa. Though Guterson's characters differ in their ages, locations, and worries, all of their stories turn on the thin lines that separate friendship from acquaintance, and the strange from the familiar . . . Guterson reminds us of the boundless potential of everyday encounters.". HTML:<i>Publishers Weekly</i>. "Guterson's second story collection displays simplicity even in its titles. Set mostly in the Pacific Northwest but also touching down in South Africa, Germany and Nepal, these 10 spare stories feature characters, mostly nameless and in midlife, trying to connect with family members, lovers and strangers . . . Throughout, intimacy is problematic: elusive, startling and awkward. More often than not, the author's impulse toward the austere--both thematically and stylistically--proves effective.". HTML:Carmela Ciuraru, <i>The New York Times</i>. "Deeply affecting . . . A strong sense of anonymity and isolation connects the characters in this collection . . . Missed signals, isolation, distancing oneself from social contact--all describe the emotional core of Guterson's narratives. A haunting collection from a thoughtful storyteller.". HTML:Donna Bettencourt, <i>Library Journal</i> (starred review.) "Excellent . . . What's striking about Guterson's new collection is the consistent brilliance of the set-ups. Each of the ten stories fascinates in a different way, and the main problem is trying to resist devouring these crisply written morsels in one delirious binge.". HTML:John Harding, <i>Daily Mail</i> (UK.) Short Stories. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:11. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=f5d17c67-cf41-47c4-afad-fc478a6acf73 https://samples.overdrive.com/problems-with-people?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/problems-with-people?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/problems-with-people?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)