Fiction.
Literature.
Short Stories.
HTML: FINALIST FOR THE FRANK O�CONNOR SHORT STORY AWARD NOW WITH AN ADDITIONAL STORY. Heralding the arrival of a stunning new voice in American fiction, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This takes readers into the minds and hearts of people navigating the unsettling transitions that life presents to us all: A father struggles to forge an independent identity as his blind daughter prepares for college. A mother comes to terms with her adult daughter�s infidelity. An artist mourns the end of a romance while painting the portrait of a dying man. Brilliant, hopeful, and fearlessly honest, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This illuminates the truths of human relationships, truths we come to recognize in these characters and in ourselves. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robin Black's Life Drawing. Look for the If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This discussion guide inside. Praise for If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This �I want to shout about how just when you thought no one could write a story with any tinge of freshness let alone originality about childhood. . . about marriage . . . about old age, Black has done it. . . . Black delivers real emotion, the kind that gives you pause. . . . Will Robin Black win [the Pen/Hemingway Prize] for this book? If I were a judge, she would.��Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune �Pitch-perfect . . . so deft, so understated, and so compelling that you have to slow down to savor each vignette. . . . Fans of Mary Gaitskill, Amy Bloom, and Miranda July will feel like they�ve found gold in a river when they discover Robin Black. . . . [A] writer to watch.��O: The Oprah Magazine
�Each story reads like a mini-novel . . . worlds are contained in a single page. And the writing . . . oh, the writing . . . There�s no narrative cohesion, no point. Rather, If I Loved You is a �Fantastic Voyage� into the bloodstream of the human species. . . . Maybe it�s midlife maturity, maybe it�s raw talent, but If I Loved You leaves you longing for more."�San Francisco Chronicle �Incisive . . . peopled with characters so fully imagined you�ll feel they�re in the room.��People
"Exquisitely distilled tales of loss and reckoning . . . [Black] evokes a Sparkian blend of skepticism and grace."�Vogue.… (more) |