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Description
David Leavitt's second collection of stories further confirms a talent deep and wonderfully creative in its empathy. A Place I've Never Been explores family relationships, friendships, and romantic relationships, among characters whose sexuality is fluid or uncertain -- a barrier or under threat. A real estate agent happily married to a woman finds himself in love with another man in "Houses." A man entering a bold new world of gay hookups feels sheltered from the most intimidating attentions by his more attractive, charismatic friend. And Leavitt moves from the familiar American suburbs to Italy, where he's also spent time, to create a contrast with European concepts of loyalty and fidelity that transcends the usual stereotypes. A Place I've Never Been is clever and pleasurable, but also revelatory and wise.
Product details
Published | Jun 03 2014 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 208 |
ISBN | 9781620407073 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury USA |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Superb... His finest book so far.
San Francisco Chronicle
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Short stories, unlike novels, have to be perfect... [A Place I've Never Been] very nearly is.
Spectator
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[A] fine new collection... He displays in these stories a remarkable range of people and places... Mr. Leavitt's fiction deftly places the many varieties of love and sexual attraction in perspective, seeing them as part of the vast, complex mosaic of human experience and emotion.
New York Times Book Review
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Leavitt ranks among the best short-story writers working today.
Houston Post