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The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories (Large Print)

Paperback

Main Details

Title The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories (Large Print)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jess Walter
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 226,Width 150
Category/GenreLarge Print
Trade Publishers Large Print
All Dates
Fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9780063242272
Audience
General
Edition Large Print Edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Trade Publishers Large Print
Imprint HarperLuxe
NZ Release Date 28 June 2022
Publication Country United States

Description

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions comes a stunning collection about those moments when everything changes--for the better, for the worse, for the outrageous--as a diverse cast of characters bounces from Italy to Idaho, questioning their roles in life and finding inspiration in the unlikeliest places. We all live like were famous now, curating our social media presences, performing our identities, withholding those parts of ourselves we dont want others to see. In this riveting collection of stories from acclaimed author Jess Walter, a teenage girl tries to live up to the image of her beautiful, missing mother. An elderly couple confronts the fiction writer eavesdropping on their conversation. A son must repeatedly come out to his senile father while looking for a place to care for the old man. A famous actor in recovery has a one-night stand with the worlds most surprising film critic. And in the romantic title story, a shy twenty-one-year-old studying Latin in Rome during the year of my reinvention finds himself face-to-face with the Italian actress of his adolescent dreams. Funny, poignant, and redemptive, this collection of short fiction offers a dazzling range of voices, backdrops, and situations. With his signature wit and bighearted approach to the darkest parts of humanity, Walter tackles the modern condition with a timeless touch, once again solidifying his place in the contemporary canon as one of our most gifted builders of fictional worlds (Esquire).