The bestselling 1988 collection of short stories exploring the inner lives of men and women, ambiguity and unease in relationships, and the cruelty we inflict on one another.
Mary Gaitskill is the author of the story collections Bad Behavior, Because They Wanted To (nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award), and Don't Cry, the novels The Mare, Veronica (nominated for the National Book Award), and Two Girls, Fat and Thin, and a collection of essays, Somebody With A Little Hammer. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Artforum, and Granta, among many other journals, as well as in The Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories.
Stubbornly original, with a sort of rhythm and fine moments that
flatten you out when you don't expect it, these stories are a
pleasure to read
*Alice Munro*
Pinteresque...Ms. Gaitskill writes with such authority, such
radar-perfect detail, that she is able to make even the most
extreme situations seem real...[her] reportorial candor,
uncompromised by sentimentality or voyeuristic charm...underscores
the strength of her debut
*Michiko Kakutani*
Razor-sharp brilliance
*D. M. Thomas*
Quite honestly changed my life... I cannot believe I was 32 before
I discovered it. I just thought it was one of the most amazing
things I'd ever read and it now lives on my desk so that I can
revisit it any time
*The High Low*
Delicious . . . comedy is balanced by genuine pathos, and Gaitskill
is perceptive about how our desires can elude and confound even
ourselves . . . Gaitskill masters human dynamics: the nuance of her
portrayal of emotion and psychology; the daring of her selection of
challenging subjects and people; the quality of her prose, with its
occasional flights of gorgeous imagery . . . Her stories portray
oddballs and free spirits on the fringes of 80s New York, often
embroiled in complex sexual or romantic lives
*i, The book I read every New Year*
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