Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
Ben LooryLoory's collection of wry & witty, dark & perilous contemporary fables is populated by people-and monsters & trees & jocular octopi-who are united by twin motivations: fear & desire. In his singular universe, televisions talk (and sometimes sing), animals live in small apartments where their nephews visit from the sea, & men & women & boys & girls fall down wells & fly through space & find love on Ferris wheels.
In a voice full of fable, myth, & dream, Stories for Nighttime & Some for the Day draws us into a world of delightfully wicked recognitions, & introduces us to a writer of uncommon talent & imagination.
Contains 40 stories, including “The Duck,” “The Man & the Moose,” & “Death & the Fruits of the Tree,” as heard on NPR’s This American Life, “The Book,” as heard on Selected Shorts, & “The TV,” as published in The New Yorker.
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