ISBN: 9781946448842
Editorial: Sarabande Books
Autor: Barton, Tyler
Año de edición: 2021
N° Paginas: 216
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: Loss and rediscovery occupy the heart of this adventurous collection. The characters in Eternal Night at the Nature Museum find refuge in strange, repurposed spaces: a middle-aged addict emcees a demolition derby, which transforms into a hostel, then a cult; a church congregates in an abandoned Hardee's; octogenarians escape their nursing home; unsupervised children sell knives to the neighborhood. In a contemporary America blemished with loneliness and late-capitalism, there is no end to the fractured places in which these characters find ‘home.’ In twenty vivid, rowdy, buoyant stories―ranging from one-page flashes to thirty-page odysseys―Barton assembles a collection of unforgettable safe havens perfect for crashing, even if only for a night.ReviewBuzzfeed, “18 Books From Small Presses You’ll Love”Electric Lit, “Electric Lit’s Favorite Short Story Collections of 2021”Independent Book Review, "The Best Books We Read This Year (2021)"Debutiful, "THE DEBUTIFUL 6-PACK: GET TO KNOW 6 AUTHORS IN 6 QUESTIONS"LEO Weekly, "Books With Kentucky Ties That You Should Buy For The Holidays"Bookstore Plus, Official January Book Club Pick"Eternal Night at the Nature Museum is a collection packed with stories that cut to the heart of living in contemporary America. In each story, Barton draws out empathy and imagination. A debut that is both gritty and hopeful."―"18 Books from Small Presses You'll Love," Buzzfeed"Barton impresses with his fresh voice and vibrant imagination."―Publishers Weekly"Funny, surprising, and disarmingly poignant stories that can appear laissez faire but are in fact, very finely crafted."―Kirkus Reviews"Tyler Barton sticks the landing, in every story, every time. With each piece, we’re left in the great suspension of what might come next. What wild, bold possibility. Always, a new question. A trunk, opening."―T Kira Māhealani Madden for Electric Lit, "Recommended Reading""[A] fragmented, strange, and vulnerable debut."―“Electric Lit’s Favorite Short Story Collections of 2021,” Electric Lit"[C]rackles with unbridled energy."―"Awake to the World: Talking With Tyler Barton" by Katie Finnegan, The Rumpus"Barton grounds surreal elements in settings that feel unequivocally real, which is perhaps what makes them so vibrant and believable. At the core of his ability to craft rich settings exists his distinctive style and command of detail―those seemingly small, specific inclusions that carry significant weight, impacting mood, atmosphere, and character. At the sentence level, Barton writes with precision and care. He possesses an eye for oddities, for the uncanny details that populate our lives."―Craft Literary online, "Art of the Opening: Tyler Barton""A writhing portraiture of the losers, outcasts, and hourly workers across the ever-still landscape of small dusty towns in America."―Independent Review, online"Barton's stories are full of imagination."―Adirondack Daily Enterprise, online and print"As titles go, Eternal Night at the Nature Museum might be considered less-direct but akin to A Clockwork Orange in saying that modern actions and relationships seem to have gone haywire, with their organic bases recognizable but made peculiar by evolving social norms, cultural inertia and the like. But readers who open up to Barton’s stories will find they accrue quite an impact. But that doesn’t mean you have to be patient through a slow-burn: the collection opens with the equivalent of a rock ‘n’ roll anthem....As long as your gift-recipient reader can handle a sharp stylist who’ll show his absurdist (and sometimes just plain wise-ass) wit not only in plots but also in quick asides, this book’s a winner."―LEO Weekly, online and print“Startling, gritty, wistful, lonely, quick, sharp, hopeful, hopeful, hopeful. Yes, this is what you want to read.”―Daniel Handler, author of Bottle Grove“In these terrific stories, I hear echoes of Chekhov (clear-eyed humility), Barthelme
- Idioma: Inglés
- Envío: Desde EE. UU.
- Libro Impreso y Nuevo
