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Things to Make and Break

May-Lan Tan
4.5
(2)
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Pages
224
Year
2018
Language
English
Publisher
Coffee House Press

About

Old relationships, past selves, hopes for the future-third parties are always in play in any love story. In ten short stories, May-Lan Tan unspools worlds within worlds, the possibilities we seek out again and again, and the seemingly endless churn through self-invention and self-annhilation that is our search for connection. Sleeping with your sister's husband's brother, betraying bandmates, contriving to strike up a friendship with your boyfriend's ex-Tan makes visible how all our dead ends are really mirrors, proxies for something else, and reflections that keep us from seeing our way forward.

Related Subjects

  • Women
  • Adult Fiction
  • Psychological
  • Literary
  • Short Stories (single author)

Reviews

"Tan is a cinematic writer in the same way some directors are literary-think David Lynch at his most Guignol."
Times Literary Supplement
"There's plenty of darkness and a sprinkling of magic, and these strange, flinty, cigarette-stained narratives speed by, offering lots of surface tension and compelling deeper passions."
The Guardian
"The thirteen stories found in these two books are a fantastic introduction to a writer in the process of teaching us new ways of reading."
Vol. 1 Brooklyn

Artists

May-Lan TanAuthor