In the Mouth: Stories and Novellas

By Eileen Pollack

Book Overview

"...an American talent..."--Stephen King Pollack writes about times of tragedy and transition insightfully, aware of their everyday quality and of their gravity. In the Mouth is a window onto the amazing tenderness and irrationality of human life. One story, "The Bris," has been selected for The Best American Short-Stories 2008 (Edited by Stephen King and Heidi Pitlor). "Eileen Pollock writes with great acuity, humor, and intelligent resign-ation about the various ways family love is called upon and revealed. This book is terrific company."--Lorrie Moore "These are funny, rueful, wise stories, steeped in absurdity, pain, possibility --the work of a writer who has lived."--Gish Jen

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884800823
• ISBN13: 9781884800825
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Four Way Books
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

After reading THE BRIS....

God bless Stephen King for including THE BRIS in the Best American Short Stories. Pollack writes with the precision of Hemingway and the wisdom of Chekhov, and she mixes the honey of humor with the bitter herbs of experience. This is a major talent waiting to be discovered.

A fantastic collection of stories

Eileen Pollack's newest collection of stories is very good. She's an excellent story-teller and a fine writer to boot. In the Mouth includes "The Bris" which was included in the Best American Short Stories 2007 collection edited by Stephen King. It's a fantastic story. My other favorite here is "Milk." This book is recommended if you are interested in dentists, fathers, penises, retirees, hospitals, Florida, Jews, Yiddish, babies, tortoiseshell glasses, motherhood, or just really good, well-crafted prose.