An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life

'Voyeuristically addictive, funny, and deceptively simple' Halle Butler, author of The New Me Whether working in food service or in high-end retail, lit by a laptop in a sex chat or by the camera of an acclaimed film director, or sharing a flat in the city or a holiday rental in Mallorca, the protagonists of the ten stories comprising Paul Dalla Rosa's debut collection navigate the spaces between aspiration and delusion, ambition and aimlessness, the curated profile and the unreliable body. By turns unsparing and tender, Dalla Rosa explores our lives in late-stage Capitalism, where globalisation and its false promises of connectivity leave us further alienated and disenfranchised. Like the legendary Lucia Berlin and his contemporary Ottessa Moshfegh, Dalla Rosa is a masterful observer-and hilarious eviscerator-of our ugly, beautiful attempts at finding meaning in an ugly, beautiful world.

ISBN:	9781800810129
Publisher:	Profile
Imprint:	Serpent's Tail
Published date:	02 Jun 2022
DEWEY:	823.92
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	256
Weight:	402g
Height:	143mm
Width:	224mm
Spine width:	29mm

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