description: In LIKE LIFE, Lorrie Moore turns her wry and razor-sharp gaze on men and women seeking connections with one another, leading lives that are something like-but mysteriously not like-the good lives they once wistfully envisioned for themselves. In "Two Boys," a woman juggling two relationships, which come to represent opposite poles of dissatisfaction for her, settles for the guilt-ridden, sometimes hallucinatory, strangely exalted state between the two. And in "Vissi d'Arte," a young, idealistic playwright sees himself moving toward accomplishment while his life is actually disintegrated in startling ways. With an astonishing agile use of language, Lorrie Moore depicts characters who stave off despair with touching sarcasm and a dark humor that somehow soars. The New York Times has celebrated her "enormous talent." This superb new collection of eight stories confirms her place as one of the most compelling writers at work today.
language: English
title: Like Life
titlecomplete: Like Life
genres: 20th Century, American, Literary Fiction, Womens, Adult, Fiction, Short Stories, The United States Of America, Short Story Collection, Contemporary
ratings_count: 5229
publisher: Faber and Faber Limited