Mary Karr meets Miranda July in this hilarious debut about a young woman's quest for self-acceptance and belonging
Jen Beagin Libri
Jen Beagin crea narrazioni incentrate su personaggi che navigano ai margini della società, sforzandosi di trovare il proprio posto nel mondo. Il suo stile distintivo è sia acuto che umoristico, addentrandosi spesso negli aspetti più oscuri della vita con un'arguzia inaspettata. Le sue opere esplorano complesse dinamiche interpersonali e la ricerca di autenticità in una realtà ambigua. Beagin offre una prospettiva unica sulla condizione umana attraverso i suoi protagonisti non convenzionali.
Big Swiss
- 352pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
"Wild...hilarious...so good." --Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year * "A laugh-out-loud bad romance for Gen Xers and an ode to misfits who just want to belong." --Oprah Daily * "Always interesting...too fun to stop." --Vanity Fair "One of the funniest books of the last few years" (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist's transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients. Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss. One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss's voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed. While Big Swiss is unaware
Vacuum in the Dark
- 240pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
From the Whiting Award-winning author of Pretend I'm Dead comes a new hilarious, edgy, and brilliant one-of-a kind novel, for fans of Sally Rooney and Joshua Ferris