Overview
ôPoignant, exquisite, and endlessly wittyö ù Kirkus Review (Starred Review) ôPeopleùthe species defies logic!ö reflects the protagonist of one of the dazzling, intricate stories in Visitations. In this latest collection from Lee Upton, characters navigate often bewildering situations, from the homeschooled girl trying to communicate telepathically with an injured man she finds on the beach to the experimental theater troupe (called the Community Playas) composed primarily of actors the storyÆs narrator has wronged or been wronged by. UptonÆs stories frequently draw inspiration from booksùbooks as art objects or lost objects, as inspiration or points of contention. ôNight Walkersö tells the story of the worldÆs laziest book club, while ôA StoryÆs Endö follows a womanÆs search for the last book read by her mother before her sudden death. Elsewhere, the ghosts of literature and writers past haunt the charactersÆ present: ôThe Tell-All Heartö sees a woman falling in love with Edgar Allan PoeÆs discarded suit, and an unruly, unpredictable shadow creeps in a childÆs window to demand that he cut off the other hand of Captain Hook in ôA Shadow.ö In the surreal yet playful tradition of Karen Russell and George Saunders, Visitations brings together seventeen incandescent short stories from a writer at the height of her powers.
- | Author: Lee Upton
- | Publisher: Lsu Press
- | Publication Date: Aug 16, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 216 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 0807168122
- | ISBN-13: 9780807168127
