The Tao of humiliation
Subtitle: stories
By: by Lee Upton
Edition: First edition.
Series: American readers series -- no. 22; American reader series -- v. 22.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781938160325
Subjects: American Short stories; Emotions; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "Alternately chilling, funny, devastating, and hopeful, these 17 stories introduce us to a theater critic who winds up in a hot tub with the actress he routinely savages in reviews; a biographer who struggles to discover why a novelist stopped writing; a student who contends with her predatory professor; and the startling scenario of the last satyr meeting his last woman."--Publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: The ideal reader; title: The tao of humiliation; title: Touch us; title: My temple; title: Beyond The yellow wallpaper; title: What doesn't kill you makes me stronger; title: Let go; title: The live one; title: You know you've made it when they hate you; title: Will anyone ever know me; title: The swan princess; title: La belle dame sans professeur; title: The floating woman; title: The bottled mermaid; title: The last satyr; title: Bashful; title: The undressed mirror.