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Lädt ... Instant Love: Fictionvon Jami Attenberg
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Still a sucker for a good collection of short stories - especially interconnected tales - and Attenberg did not disappoint. Love, romance, breakups, sex - the author has a fresh, engaging way of telling these stories that don't feel like the same old same old you've already read. ( ) I've been holding on to a rather sickening view of a relationship as being like two seeds planted next to each other, roots and branches entwining as time passes. You grow together! Awwwwww.... I'm not the adventurous kind of gal, to go out and effectively burst my own bubbles as they form, so books like this are probably good for me. Don't get me wrong, while I was a late bloomer to just about everything, that made my mistakes HUGE* when I finally did venture out beyond my homework and the family/religion/career goals tunnel. I've bumbled and stumbled enough that there are at least echoes in most of these stories to resonate in me and through my experiences. Man. I've been so dumb. Although it may not be what you're meant to take away from this book, I'm glad I haven't been as dumb as I could've been. This is a collection of short stories that seem to cover love and the pursuit of it from the particular point of view. I'm not sure what to call it, the woman on the go? That's not quite right, unless it can convey a "go" where the wheels might spin in place and form ruts that just get deeper. The stories dance around each other, with most of the characters encountering each other directly or through another. They try, and fail, and try again. Attenberg hit all the right notes by avoiding an overly heavy reliance on metaphor, unlike me and my trees, and simply describing events and thoughts and letting these sink into your head. *HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"We are all walking around this city with our hearts sadly swimming in our chests, like dying fish on the surface of a still pond. It's enough to make you give up entirely." --from Instant Love But we don't give up. We keep trying. We're either too stupid to learn from our mistakes or we honestly believe that the next time will be different; it's hard to say which. Driven by the mad hopefulness that is part of the human condition, we are constantly falling in and out of love with a slightly different version of the person who came before. Jami Attenberg chronicles those exact moments with heartbreaking realism in her powerful debut, Instant Love. Told through the eyes of three young women and their friends and lovers, Instant Love explores what it means to be in love, what it means to be lonely, and what it means to be both at the same time. Holly turns to computer dating to find love even as she thinks wistfully of a former boyfriend who loved her well and fed her ice cream. Maggie recounts the story of her one crazy summer to her disbelieving husband and feels the distance between them grow wider than the void across their king-sized bed. And Sarah Lee remembers the one who got away and the one she ran away from, all the while moving toward the one she can actually love. As Holly, Maggie, and Sarah Lee move through the rituals of modern love, they have to decide who is worth taking a chance on in a world where things don't fall into place easily, people are often difficult, and disappointment is the rule. Through their stories, Attenberg presents a rare, honest look at love. Also available as an eBook. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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