Author: | Anna Leventhal | ISBN: | 9781926743523 |
Publisher: | Invisible Publishing | Publication: | April 15, 2014 |
Imprint: | Invisible Publishing | Language: | English |
Author: | Anna Leventhal |
ISBN: | 9781926743523 |
Publisher: | Invisible Publishing |
Publication: | April 15, 2014 |
Imprint: | Invisible Publishing |
Language: | English |
A pregnancy test is taken at a wedding, a bad diagnosis leads a patient to a surprising outlook, and a civic holiday becomes a dystopian nightmare. By turns caustic, tender, and creepily hilarious, Sweet Affliction reveals the frailties, perversions, and resilience of Anna Leventhal’s cast of city-dwellers. Shiftless youths, a compulsive collector of cigarette butts, and a dying pet rat populate fifteen sharply-observed and darkly funny stories that suck at the marrow of modern life.
A pregnancy test is taken at a wedding, a bad diagnosis leads a patient to a surprising outlook, and a civic holiday becomes a dystopian nightmare. By turns caustic, tender, and creepily hilarious, Sweet Affliction reveals the frailties, perversions, and resilience of Anna Leventhal’s cast of city-dwellers. Shiftless youths, a compulsive collector of cigarette butts, and a dying pet rat populate fifteen sharply-observed and darkly funny stories that suck at the marrow of modern life.