num_pages: 285
description: The first collection of short fiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey EugenidesJeffrey Eugenidess bestselling novels have shown him to be an astute observer of the crises of adolescence self-discovery family love and what it means to be American in our times. The stories in Fresh Complaint explore equally richand intriguingterritory. Ranging from the bitingly reproductive antics of Baster to the dreamy moving account of a young travelers search for enlightenment in Air Mail (selected by Annie Proulx for Best American Short Stories) this collection presents characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies. We meet a failed poet who envious of other peoples wealth during the real-estate bubble becomes an embezzler; a clavichordist whose dreams of art founder under the obligations of marriage and fatherhood; and in Fresh Complaint a high school student whose wish to escape the strictures of her immigrant family lead her to a drastic decision that upends the life of a middle-aged British physicist. Narratively compelling beautifully written and packed with a density of ideas despite their fluid grace these stories chart the development and maturation of a major American writer.Complainers --Air mail --Baster --Early music --Timeshare --Find the bad guy --The oracular vulva --Capricious gardens --Great experiment --Fresh complaint
language: English
title: Fresh Complaint: Stories
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux