Wait 'till you see me dance
Subtitle: stories
By: Deb Olin Unferth
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781555977689
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: American Short stories
Description: Wait Till You See Me Dance consists of several extraordinary longer stories as well as a selection of intoxicating very short stories. In the chilling "The First Full Thought of Her Life," a shooter gets in position while a young girl climbs a sand dune. In "Voltaire Night," students compete to tell a story about the worst thing that ever happened to them. In "Stay Where You Are," two oblivious travelers in Central America are kidnapped by a gunman they assume to be an insurgent but the gunman has his own problems. An Unferth story lures you in with a voice that seems amiable and lighthearted, but it swerves in sudden and surprising ways that reveal, in terrifying clarity, the rage, despair, and profound mournfulness that have taken up residence at the heart of the American dream. These stories often take place in an exaggerated or heightened reality, a quality that is reminiscent of the work of Donald Barthelme, Lorrie Moore, and George Saunders, but in Unferth's unforgettable collection she carves out territory that is entirely her own. -- amazon.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Likable --; title: Pet --; title: Wait till you see me dance --; title: Stay where you are -- -- 2.; title: To the ocean --; title: The vice president of pretzels --; title: Defects --; title: A crossroads --; title: An opera season --; title: How to dispel your illusions --; title: Granted --; title: My daughter Debbie --; title: Open water --; title: The applicant --; title: The walk --; title: Online --; title: Your character --; title: Fear of trees -- -- 3.; title: Voltaire night --; title: Mr. Simmons takes a prisoner --; title: The first full thought of her life --; title: Bride -- -- 4.; title: Husband --; title: The mothers --; title: Final days --; title: Decorate, decorate --; title: 37 seconds --; title: Interview --; title: Flaws --; title: The one fondly mentioned --; title: Draft --; title: Welcome  --; title: Boulder --; title: The last composer --; title: Yesterday --; title: Abandon normal instruments --; title: The magicians  --; title: Dirty joke (in translation) --; title: Mr. Creativity.