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Near Strangers
Marian Crotty
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
Beschreibung
Short stories that follow unexpected connections and tell of queer life in America. Winner of the 2023 Autumn House Fiction Prize, Near Strangers is a collection of eight tightly crafted short stories filled with unexpected connections and set against the backdrop of everyday life. These stories center on resilient female protagonists and offer a view into queer life in America outside of its major coastal cities. The characters in Marian Crotty s collection are searching for understanding, acceptance, or forgiveness. In the title story, an elderly rape crisis volunteer s advocacy for a survivor leads her to reexamine her role in estrangement from her son; in Halloween, a queer teen is counseled through heartbreak by her unlucky-in-love grandmother; and in Family Resemblance, a group of families whose children share the same sperm donor is disrupted by the arrival of a minor celebrity. While marginalization, loneliness, and bigotry hover in the distance of Near Strangers, the book s tone is hopeful and invites readers to reflect on our shared human experience with empathy.
