From the first sentences of these nine stunning stories, Alicia Erian has you firmly in her grasp. In " Alcatraz" we meet a middle-school spelling champion who spends her afternoons taking baths with the boy next door. In " Almonds and Cherries, " a young woman turns an unexpectedly arousing bra-shopping experience into a short film, with ramifications for everyone around her. In " Lass, " a new wife with a history of bad decisions finds herself powerfully drawn to another man -- her father-in-law. Alicia Erian explores ...
Read More
From the first sentences of these nine stunning stories, Alicia Erian has you firmly in her grasp. In " Alcatraz" we meet a middle-school spelling champion who spends her afternoons taking baths with the boy next door. In " Almonds and Cherries, " a young woman turns an unexpectedly arousing bra-shopping experience into a short film, with ramifications for everyone around her. In " Lass, " a new wife with a history of bad decisions finds herself powerfully drawn to another man -- her father-in-law. Alicia Erian explores that peculiar part of the psyche and the complications of the heart that make you do things when you know better. The powerful, unsettling, deeply resonant stories in The Brutal Language of Love mark the emergence of a major new talent.
Read Less
Add this copy of The Brutal Language of Love: Stories to cart. $12.35, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Villard.
Add this copy of The Brutal Language of Love: Stories to cart. $12.35, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Villard.
Add this copy of The Brutal Language of Love: Stories to cart. $40.07, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Villard.
Add this copy of The Brutal Language of Love: Stories to cart. $78.25, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Villard.
Add this copy of The Brutal Language of Love: Stories to cart. $84.64, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Villard.
Add this copy of The Brutal Language of Love, Stories to cart. $29.00, new condition, Sold by Enterprise Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Villard.
Add this copy of The Brutal Language of Love: Stories to cart. $34.00, like new condition, Sold by Robinson Street Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Villard.
