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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- ISBN
- 9780143133049
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143133047
ISBN-13
9780143133049
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242883703
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sadness of Beautiful Things : Stories
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Literary, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
5.6 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-018374
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Praise for Simon Van Booy's work: "Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy's stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking." --Los Angeles Times "Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain "Each of [Van Booy's] stories has moments of sheer loveliness." --Publisher's Weekly, "With a deceitful simplicity and a generously empathetic ear, Simon Van Booy gets to the core of the moment." --Colum McCann, author of Transatlantic and Let The Great World Spin "Simon Van Booy writes wonderful stories that surprise and uplift, that hold our attention all the way with subtle revelations about life in all its astounding contradictions: its sorrows and joys." --Sheila Kohler, author of Becoming Jane Eyre and Once We Were Sisters "Each of these eight stories, while burdened by loss, are also limned with a more hopeful light. Van Booy captures the rare flashbulb memories of trauma, heartbreak, and melancholy, in the lives of people he's met, but his writing basks in the healing afterglow of what follows. In the sparsely furnished prose of Van Booy's stories it is easy to pour oneself into his characters, who I delight to know are real people, existing somewhere far away." --Madeline Day, The Paris Review "Van Booy's latest is a thoroughly satisfying story collection inspired by personal anecdotes the author has heard from strangers. The sometimes otherworldly tales showcase misery tinged with a silver lining of hope.... [It is] a vivid collection. Fans of heartfelt stories with a hint of science fiction will find much to enjoy." -- Publishers Weekly "Each of these haunting, at times mystical, fictions are, at their core, love stories in every conceivable sense of the word... Van Booy is a wise, philosophical writer. His spare prose is incredibly illuminating and is further enhanced by unexpected resolutions that allow graceful themes to expand and flourish." -- Shelf Awareness " The Sadness of Beautiful Things , inspired by true stories he was told during his travels, holds the power of love up to the light, in soft focus, while moving through a world of ache, sorrow and longing. . . .Van Booy's gift is that he gets out of his own way, and allows plenty of breathing room so you can feel the characters, and engage their inner lives. It is a set-up in which compassion arises and flourishes, in which haunts are slow-bled, and dignity revived." --John Biscello, Riot Material "Van Booy's ( Father's Day , 2016) latest collection is full of surprises... some stories are grounded in realism, but others contain elements of magic.... "Playing with Dolls"... veers into SF territory... [while] "Not Dying"... turns into a meditation on love and the fine line between life and death." -- Booklist Praise for Simon Van Booy's work: "Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy's stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking." --Los Angeles Times "Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain "Each of [Van Booy's] stories has moments of sheer loveliness." --Publisher's Weekly, "With a deceitful simplicity and a generously empathetic ear, Simon Van Booy gets to the core of the moment." --Colum McCann, author of Transatlantic and Let The Great World Spin "Simon Van Booy writes wonderful stories that surprise and uplift, that hold our attention all the way with subtle revelations about life in all its astounding contradictions: its sorrows and joys." --Sheila Kohler, author of Becoming Jane Eyre and Once We Were Sisters "Each of these eight stories, while burdened by loss, are also limned with a more hopeful light. Van Booy captures the rare flashbulb memories of trauma, heartbreak, and melancholy, in the lives of people he''s met, but his writing basks in the healing afterglow of what follows. In the sparsely furnished prose of Van Booy''s stories it is easy to pour oneself into his characters, who I delight to know are real people, existing somewhere far away." --Madeline Day, The Paris Review "[Van Booy] does a masterful job of mixing many different emotions into one brief tale" -- New York Post "Most of the tales in this engrossing collection of short stories are based on true stories told to Van Booy over the course of his travels. Some have a hint of science-fiction about them, like one about a husband and wife who''ve become afraid of their daughter after a mysterious accident involving a pair of VR glasses. In contrast, the opening story about a bedraggled family saved from ruin by a mysterious benefactor reads like a fable overheard in an Irish pub on a rainy day, full of loves lost and sideways unraveling. As a whole, the collection is both moody and poignant and calls to be read sitting by a fire with a whiskey close at hand." -- Esquire , "Best books of 2018 (so far)" "Van Booy''s latest is a thoroughly satisfying story collection inspired by personal anecdotes the author has heard from strangers. The sometimes otherworldly tales showcase misery tinged with a silver lining of hope.... [It is] a vivid collection. Fans of heartfelt stories with a hint of science fiction will find much to enjoy." -- Publishers Weekly "Each of these haunting, at times mystical, fictions are, at their core, love stories in every conceivable sense of the word... Van Booy is a wise, philosophical writer. His spare prose is incredibly illuminating and is further enhanced by unexpected resolutions that allow graceful themes to expand and flourish." -- Shelf Awareness " The Sadness of Beautiful Things , inspired by true stories he was told during his travels, holds the power of love up to the light, in soft focus, while moving through a world of ache, sorrow and longing. . . .Van Booy''s gift is that he gets out of his own way, and allows plenty of breathing room so you can feel the characters, and engage their inner lives. It is a set-up in which compassion arises and flourishes, in which haunts are slow-bled, and dignity revived." --John Biscello, Riot Material "Van Booy''s ( Father''s Day , 2016) latest collection is full of surprises... some stories are grounded in realism, but others contain elements of magic.... "Playing with Dolls"... veers into SF territory... [while] "Not Dying"... turns into a meditation on love and the fine line between life and death." -- Booklist Praise for Simon Van Booy''s work: "Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy''s stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking." --Los Angeles Times "Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain "Each of [Van Booy''s] stories has moments of sheer loveliness." --Publisher''s Weekly, "Simon Van Booy writes wonderful stories that surprise and uplift, that hold our attention all the way with subtle revelations about life in all its astounding contradictions: its sorrows and joys." --Sheila Kohler, author of Becoming Jane Eyre and Once We Were Sisters Praise for Simon Van Booy's work: "Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy's stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking." --Los Angeles Times "Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain "Each of [Van Booy's] stories has moments of sheer loveliness." --Publisher's Weekly, "With a deceitful simplicity and a generously empathetic ear, Simon Van Booy gets to the core of the moment." --Colum McCann, author of Transatlantic and Let The Great World Spin "Simon Van Booy writes wonderful stories that surprise and uplift, that hold our attention all the way with subtle revelations about life in all its astounding contradictions: its sorrows and joys." --Sheila Kohler, author of Becoming Jane Eyre and Once We Were Sisters "Van Booy's ( Father's Day , 2016) latest collection is full of surprises... some stories are grounded in realism, but others contain elements of magic.... "Playing with Dolls"... veers into SF territory... [while] "Not Dying"... turns into a meditation on love and the fine line between life and death." -- Booklist Praise for Simon Van Booy's work: "Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy's stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking." --Los Angeles Times "Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain "Each of [Van Booy's] stories has moments of sheer loveliness." --Publisher's Weekly, "With a deceitful simplicity and a generously empathetic ear, Simon Van Booy gets to the core of the moment." --Colum McCann, author of Transatlantic and Let The Great World Spin "Simon Van Booy writes wonderful stories that surprise and uplift, that hold our attention all the way with subtle revelations about life in all its astounding contradictions: its sorrows and joys." --Sheila Kohler, author of Becoming Jane Eyre and Once We Were Sisters Praise for Simon Van Booy's work: "Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy's stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking." --Los Angeles Times "Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain "Each of [Van Booy's] stories has moments of sheer loveliness." --Publisher's Weekly
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Synopsis
An exquisite new collection of short stories from award winning author Simon Van Booy, exploring love, loss, human connection, and the chance encounters that shape our lives. Taking readers into the innermost lives of everyday people, he explores the strange ways that grief and happiness can manifest themselves suddenly in the course of our daily lives, and the profound beauty found in memories. From a blind pianist searching for a duet partner to a downtrodden boxer who shows unexpected kindness to a mugger., An exquisite new collection of short stories from award-winning author Simon Van Booy. Over the past decade, Simon Van Booy has been listening to people's stories. With these personal accounts as a starting point, he has crafted a powerful collection of short fiction that takes readers into the innermost lives of everyday people. From a family saved from ruin by a mysterious benefactor, to a downtrodden boxer who shows unexpected kindness to a mugger, these masterfully written tales reveal not only the precarious balance maintained between grief and happiness in our lives, but also how the echoes of personal tragedy can shape us for the better. "Van Booy's stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking." -- Los Angeles Times "Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, An exquisite new collection of short stories from award winning author Simon Van Booy, exploring love, loss, human connection, and the chance encounters that shape our lives.
LC Classification Number
PR6122.A36A6 2018
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