An Amateur's Guide to the Night: Stories

By Mary Robison

Book Overview

"Mary Robison's short stories are short, subtle, and substantial . . . Her ironic sense of detail bursts from every sentence." --Vogue

An Amateur's Guide to the Night stands as a perfect example of Mary Robison's beloved narrative style: purposeful, clipped, and devastating in its restraint. Reflecting on the life of disaffected youth, these stories speculate on how they often manage to remain deferent towards the rest of society--and document how spectacularly they often fail.

"These thirteen stories are glimpses from a moving train into lit parlors, dinettes, bedrooms and dens . . . Think of Robison as the engineer, blowing the whistle, calling the stops and starts; invisible when you want to ask her why we're stalled here in the middle of nowhere, between stations, jobs, relationships and decisions." --Los Angeles Times

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640090894
• ISBN13: 9781640090897
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

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One of the best short story collections- Robison is a genius and her style shines in these exquisitely crafted stories. Short, sharp, hits the mark and transforms you. An absolute favorite.