Astronauts: and Other Stories
By Matthew Iribarne.
Description
In this debut collection, Matthew Iribarne writes with astonishing clarity and grace about people trying to make sense of the world that has fallen out beneath them. The sweeping vision of these stories, set mainly on the West Coast, is illuminated by a diverse range of characters, their lives portrayed with compassion and honesty, shot through with emotional nuance and contradiction. In "Astronauts," the powerfully affecting title story, two brothers -- one manic-depressive and the other just divorced -- drive across the country in a last-ditch attempt at reconciliation. In &quo...
ISBN(s)
0743203801, 9780743203807
