Because They Wanted To
Author: Gaitskill, Mary
ISBN: 9780241464144
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 15mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A bestselling collection of short stories from the American master storyteller Mary Gaitskill, author of Bad Behavior
First published in the late 1990s and a bestseller at the time, this incisive collection of short stories explores connection and disconnection in families, between ex-lovers and friends. From a father reflecting on the daughter whose lesbianism he cannot accept, to two people who were once young together stumbling over the foundations of their past, inside are twelve portraits of heart-rending emotional intimacy and the delicacy of relationships. Because They Wanted To is a perfectly formed set of stories about alienation in modern times.
ISBN: 9780241464144
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 15mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A bestselling collection of short stories from the American master storyteller Mary Gaitskill, author of Bad Behavior
First published in the late 1990s and a bestseller at the time, this incisive collection of short stories explores connection and disconnection in families, between ex-lovers and friends. From a father reflecting on the daughter whose lesbianism he cannot accept, to two people who were once young together stumbling over the foundations of their past, inside are twelve portraits of heart-rending emotional intimacy and the delicacy of relationships. Because They Wanted To is a perfectly formed set of stories about alienation in modern times.
