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Misfits - 9781639889891
Atmosphere Press
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Misfits is a startling collection of short stories -- heartfelt, compassionate, full. of sentiment yet unsentimental. --Paul Wolansky, Film Professor, Co-writer of The Guide and Dovbush: Lord of Black Mountain -- How do you connect with others when you always feel out of place? Following a kaleidoscopic array of characters adrift in a precarious world, Misfits grapples with the challenges of contemporary life, including climate change, inequality, uncertainty, and pain. A depressed accountant stumbles on a teenage eco-terrorist in a parking garage; a middle-aged psychiatrist buys a drink for a seductive young artist during a flight delay; an out-of-work journalist recruits Chicano gangbangers to help a desperate tennis partner; a troubled biologist runs into J. Robert Oppenheimer in a Santa Fe hotel. These fraught encounters all have unexpected and startling consequences. Despite their differences in age, background, and circumstance, the characters in Misfits share a common sense of dislocation and alienation. They struggle to find a sense of belonging and connection, but ultimately discover unexpected sources of resilience and hope. With its evocative portrayal of Los Angeles as a microcosm of contemporary society, Misfits offers a compelling exploration of the human condition in an unpredictable and rapidly changing world.
- | Author: Mark Jonathan Harris
- | Publisher: Atmosphere Press
- | Publication Date: Oct 10, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 240 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1639889892
- | ISBN-13: 9781639889891
- Author:
- Mark Jonathan Harris
- Publisher:
- Atmosphere Press
- Publication Date:
- Oct 10, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 240 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1639889892
- ISBN-13:
- 9781639889891