In the not quite dark
Subtitle: stories
By: Dana Johnson
Publisher: Counterpoint
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781619027329
Subjects: Short stories
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "Following her prize-winning collection Break Any Woman Down, Dana Johnson returns with a collection of bold stories set mostly in downtown Los Angeles that examine large issues -love, class, race - and how they influence and define our most intimate moments. In "The Liberace Museum," a mixed-race couple leave the South toward the destination of Vegas, crossing miles of road and history to the promised land of consumption; in "Rogues," a young man on break from college lands in his brother's Inland Empire neighborhood during a rash of unexplained robberies; in "She Deserves Everything She Gets," a woman listens to the strict advice given to her spoiled niece about going away to college, reflecting on her own experience and the night she lost her best friend; and in the collection's title story, a man setting down roots in downtown L.A. is haunted by the specter of both gentrification and a young female tourist, whose body was found in the water tower of a neighboring building. With deep insight into character, intimate relationships, and the modern search for personal freedom, In the Not Quite Dark is powerful new work that feels both urgent and timeless. "--
Table of contents: title: Rogues --; title: Sunshine --; title: Now, in the not quite dark --; title: Because that's just easier --; title: No blaming the Harvard boys --; title: Buildings talk --; title: Art is always and everywhere the secret confession --; title: The Liberace Museum --; title: She deserves everything she gets --; title: Two crazy whores --; title: The story of Biddy Mason.