Ball
Author: Ison, Tara
ISBN: 9781593766221
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 10 Nov 2015
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback / softback
i>Ball/i> is the thrilling and emotionally provocative debut collection of short fiction by the acclaimed author of the novels i>Rockaway/i> and i>A Child Out of Alcatraz/i> and the essay collection i>Reeling through Life/i>.br>br>i>Ball/i> explores the darker edges of love and sex and death, how they are intimately and often violently connected, with bright, vivid stories set mostly in contemporary Los Angeles. In Cactus," a young girl comes to fear the outside world following the freakish, accidental death of her adventure-seeking, naturalist boyfriend in the California desert; in Wig," a woman must help her best friend face life-threatening cancer while covering up an unseemly affair with her friend's husband; in Fish," the narrator sits watch over a dying uncle, trying to pay for past sins while administering to his final needs, but distracted by the ravenous fish in the Koi pond near the hospital; and in the collection's stunning title story, the bonds of friendship and pet ownership collide in the most startling and unexpected ways.br>br>With a keen insight into the edges of human behavior and an assured literary hand, i>Ball/i> is the new book by one of the West's most provocative stylists.
ISBN: 9781593766221
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 10 Nov 2015
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback / softback
i>Ball/i> is the thrilling and emotionally provocative debut collection of short fiction by the acclaimed author of the novels i>Rockaway/i> and i>A Child Out of Alcatraz/i> and the essay collection i>Reeling through Life/i>.br>br>i>Ball/i> explores the darker edges of love and sex and death, how they are intimately and often violently connected, with bright, vivid stories set mostly in contemporary Los Angeles. In Cactus," a young girl comes to fear the outside world following the freakish, accidental death of her adventure-seeking, naturalist boyfriend in the California desert; in Wig," a woman must help her best friend face life-threatening cancer while covering up an unseemly affair with her friend's husband; in Fish," the narrator sits watch over a dying uncle, trying to pay for past sins while administering to his final needs, but distracted by the ravenous fish in the Koi pond near the hospital; and in the collection's stunning title story, the bonds of friendship and pet ownership collide in the most startling and unexpected ways.br>br>With a keen insight into the edges of human behavior and an assured literary hand, i>Ball/i> is the new book by one of the West's most provocative stylists.
