Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories
Cover of the book Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories by Brad Watson, W. W. Norton & Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Brad Watson ISBN: 9780393078152
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: March 14, 2011
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Brad Watson
ISBN: 9780393078152
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: March 14, 2011
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

Finalist for the 2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: "Watson's talent is singular, truly awesome; [his stories] are infused with an uncanny beauty."—A. M. Homes

In this, his first collection of stories since his celebrated, award-winning Last Days of the Dog-Men, Brad Watson takes us even deeper into the riotous, appalling, and mournful oddity of human beings.

In prose so perfectly pitched as to suggest some celestial harmony, he writes about every kind of domestic discord: unruly or distant children, alienated spouses, domestic abuse, loneliness, death, divorce. In his masterful title novella, a freshly married teenaged couple are visited by an unusual pair of inmates from a nearby insane asylum—and find out exactly how mismatched they really are.

With exquisite tenderness, Watson relates the brutality of both nature and human nature. There’s no question about it. Brad Watson writes so well—with such an all-seeing, six-dimensional view of human hopes, inadequacies, and rare grace—that he must be an extraterrestrial.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Finalist for the 2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: "Watson's talent is singular, truly awesome; [his stories] are infused with an uncanny beauty."—A. M. Homes

In this, his first collection of stories since his celebrated, award-winning Last Days of the Dog-Men, Brad Watson takes us even deeper into the riotous, appalling, and mournful oddity of human beings.

In prose so perfectly pitched as to suggest some celestial harmony, he writes about every kind of domestic discord: unruly or distant children, alienated spouses, domestic abuse, loneliness, death, divorce. In his masterful title novella, a freshly married teenaged couple are visited by an unusual pair of inmates from a nearby insane asylum—and find out exactly how mismatched they really are.

With exquisite tenderness, Watson relates the brutality of both nature and human nature. There’s no question about it. Brad Watson writes so well—with such an all-seeing, six-dimensional view of human hopes, inadequacies, and rare grace—that he must be an extraterrestrial.

More books from W. W. Norton & Company

Cover of the book The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking by Brad Watson
Cover of the book Addiction Essentials: The Go-To Guide for Clinicians and Patients (Go-To Guides for Mental Health) by Brad Watson
Cover of the book Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Brad Watson
Cover of the book Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923 by Brad Watson
Cover of the book Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South (Revised Edition) by Brad Watson
Cover of the book Mannequin Girl: A Novel by Brad Watson
Cover of the book FLASH!: Writing the Very Short Story by Brad Watson
Cover of the book If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Save the Earth (Revised and updated) by Brad Watson
Cover of the book Small Business: A Novel by Brad Watson
Cover of the book The Right Madness on Skye: Poems by Brad Watson
Cover of the book The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Brad Watson
Cover of the book Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas by Brad Watson
Cover of the book Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program) by Brad Watson
Cover of the book A Ghost in the Music by Brad Watson
Cover of the book Transforming Your Teaching: Practical Classroom Strategies Informed by Cognitive Neuroscience by Brad Watson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy