Reviews

''A perfectly formed set of stories about alienation in modern times'' Independent

''Mesmerizing - almost ecstatic'' The New York Times

About the Book

Mary Gaitskill's coolly compelling, quietly devastating stories explore the messy complexity of relationships between lovers, families and friends. An unsettling encounter on a plane; a tentative affair between an older woman and a younger man; the chasm between a father and his daughter: each expresses our longing for, and our fear of, human connection.