The dinner party and other stories

These eleven stories by Joshua Ferris, many of which were first published in The New Yorker, are at once thrilling, strange, and comic. The modern tribulations of marriage, ambition, and the fear of missing out as the temptations flow like wine and the minutes of life tick down are explored with the...

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Main Author: Ferris, Joshua (Author)
Other Authors: Ferris, Joshua.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: These eleven stories by Joshua Ferris, many of which were first published in The New Yorker, are at once thrilling, strange, and comic. The modern tribulations of marriage, ambition, and the fear of missing out as the temptations flow like wine and the minutes of life tick down are explored with the characteristic wit and insight that have made Ferris one of our most critically acclaimed novelists.
Physical Description: 246 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780316465953
031646595X
Author Notes: Joshua Ferris is the author of the novels Then We Came to the End , The Unnamed and To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, and a collection of stories, The Dinner Party . He was a finalist for the National Book Award and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, winner of the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize and the PEN/Hemingway Award. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker , Granta , and Best American Short Stories . He lives in New York.