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OverviewShortlisted for the Pacific Northwest Book Award Urgent, unnerving and tightly packed short fiction that covers enough ground for a library of novels. -The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice Valerie Trueblood's writing has been praised by The New York Times as an exercise in literary restraint and extreme empathy. Selected here are stories from her previous collections-finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award-alongside her newest collection, which lends this book its name. The new stories collected within Terrarium represent an exciting direction for the author: a condensing of narrative and, in some cases, a departure from it into another state of mind. It's hard to describe any of Trueblood's stories as typical. She does not write about people from a single class, or caste, or geographical area. She has not written a single story emblematic of her work. She does not write stories fantastical or eccentric. Ordinary life, her stories may be saying, is fantastical enough. She is more like Babel than Chekhov. In all her writing, it's clear that Trueblood believes that the short story can carry both the lightest and heaviest of loads. Terrarium highlights the achievement of simply living, the stories within often unresolved but in a state of continuation, expansion. Trueblood's stories aren't merely about their subjects, they're inside them. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Valerie TruebloodPublisher: Counterpoint Imprint: Counterpoint Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9781640092488ISBN 10: 164009248 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 27 August 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsTable of Contents From MARRY OR BURN, 2010 Invisible River 6 Choice in Dreams 26 Trespass 39 Phantom Father 62 Luck 74 Beloved, You Looked into Space 99 From SEARCH PARTY: STORIES OF RESCUE, 2013 The Finding 152 The Magic Pebble 159 The Llamas 182 Think Not Bitterly of Me 196 The Stabbed Boy 233 The Blue Grotto 239 Later or Never 258 Who Is He that Will Harm You? 275 From CRIMINALS: LOVE STORIES, 2016 Bride of the Black Duck 301 His Rank 315 Astride 319 Kisses 333 Da Capo 360 You Would Be Good 384 Sleepover 391 Novel of Rose 432 Criminals 437 TERRARIUM, 2018 1. Cherries Aliens 456 Helen of Troy 458 Dogs of War and Peace 463 The Book Review 465 Mulierculae 471 The Witch 473 Crisco 476 Cherries 481 2. The Infralife The Tamarins 483 Ghost 486 The Song 489 Stay 491 Tarp 497 Two Dogs 500 3. Earthly Love Hero 506 Afternoon Tango 513 Two Birthdays 517 Whiteout 520 Forced Entry 523 Seurat 527 The Leopard 533 Raccoon 536 Flag of the Nude 541 The Bull 543 Orogeny 547 4. Chosen Chosen 554 Where We Grew Up 559 Harvest 560 The Visiting Revivalist 561 The Girl Who Told 563 Advice 564 Freeway Rescues 565 River Boat 566ReviewsPraise for Terrarium Editors' Choice, The New York Times Book Review Shortlisted for the Pacific Northwest Book Award Urgent, unnerving and tightly packed short fiction that covers enough ground for a library of novels. --The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice .. .[A] beautiful collection of stories that captures the unpredictability of the world, the inherent mysteries in seemingly mundane occurrences, and the central concerns that are part of human existence... [T]he writing is impeccable, the characterization is novel, and the stories are so captivating that this three hundred and eighty-six-page book becomes a quick read. --San Francisco Book Review Terrarium [is] a career-spanning collection that brings together her classic work and dozens of new stories. It's a statement piece, a book that seems to be intended to mark her as a real American master of the short story. --The Seattle Review of Books The 49 stories here . . . speak to Trueblood's mastery and the spaciousness of her vision. --BBC Culture If you're unfamiliar with Seattle author Valerie Trueblood, her new book, Terrarium: New and Selected Stories, offers a fine introduction. It handpicks tales from her three previous collections, Marry or Burn, Search Party: Stories of Rescue and Criminals: Love Stories, and rounds them out with new and more experimental pieces . . . Trueblood is at her best when deciphering ambiguities of the heart. She makes uncertainty luminous. She's also wonderful on the geography of Seattle, where many of the stories are set. --Crosscut In the meantime, there's more to Trueblood than her word count. Even her short-short stories--mere fragments of a feeling or memory . . . underline the most distinctive quality of her work. Even the longest stories go light on plot and read more like meditations that flow downstream, carrying with them the remembrance of things past, the mysterious alchemy of relationships and the elusive nature of love . . . In total, Terrarium is a compendium of thoughtful and often insightful pieces that deal with the most incomprehensible parts of our being. --The Seattle Times This big collection gives readers--whether new to Trueblood's work, or not--a great overview of her accomplished, varied style. --Omnivoracious, One of Four New Story Collections from Innovative Women Writers Selections from three previous collections, as well as 30 new stories (also headed Terrarium ) comprise this excellent volume from Trueblood . . . Across these 49 stories, Trueblood provides breadth, depth, and something even more--a window into her evolution as a writer. The earlier stories bear resemblance to Alice Munro's, while the later are reminiscent of Lydia Davis's; but throughout, Trueblood projects her own unique voice. --Publishers Weekly A new collection from one of our finest short story writers, preceded by condensed versions of her last three books . . . There are indeed some great stories here, praised for their unsettling combination of empathy and ruthlessness, for their elegant, uncommonly quick development, for their diverse, unexpected subject matter . . . She is still a cleareyed and compassionate reporter of the complexities and contradictions of human nature. --Kirkus Reviews Terrarium offers a landmark collection of stories from a distinguished author . . . Closing out the collection is a substantial set of new stories and vignettes, which feature notably succinct ruminations that manage to capture the nuance of her earlier works . . . Trueblood's stories question, explore, and expose as they offer unexpected connections and deeply human realizations. --Booklist Praise for Terrarium Editors' Choice, The New York Times Book Review Shortlisted for the Pacific Northwest Book Award Urgent, unnerving and tightly packed short fiction that covers enough ground for a library of novels. --The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice ...[A] beautiful collection of stories that captures the unpredictability of the world, the inherent mysteries in seemingly mundane occurrences, and the central concerns that are part of human existence... [T]he writing is impeccable, the characterization is novel, and the stories are so captivating that this three hundred and eighty-six-page book becomes a quick read. --San Francisco Book Review Terrarium [is] a career-spanning collection that brings together her classic work and dozens of new stories. It's a statement piece, a book that seems to be intended to mark her as a real American master of the short story. --The Seattle Review of Books The 49 stories here . . . speak to Trueblood's mastery and the spaciousness of her vision. --BBC Culture If you're unfamiliar with Seattle author Valerie Trueblood, her new book, Terrarium: New and Selected Stories, offers a fine introduction. It handpicks tales from her three previous collections, Marry or Burn, Search Party: Stories of Rescue and Criminals: Love Stories, and rounds them out with new and more experimental pieces . . . Trueblood is at her best when deciphering ambiguities of the heart. She makes uncertainty luminous. She's also wonderful on the geography of Seattle, where many of the stories are set. --Crosscut In the meantime, there's more to Trueblood than her word count. Even her short-short stories--mere fragments of a feeling or memory . . . underline the most distinctive quality of her work. Even the longest stories go light on plot and read more like meditations that flow downstream, carrying with them the remembrance of things past, the mysterious alchemy of relationships and the elusive nature of love . . . In total, Terrarium is a compendium of thoughtful and often insightful pieces that deal with the most incomprehensible parts of our being. --The Seattle Times This big collection gives readers--whether new to Trueblood's work, or not--a great overview of her accomplished, varied style. --Omnivoracious, One of Four New Story Collections from Innovative Women Writers Selections from three previous collections, as well as 30 new stories (also headed Terrarium ) comprise this excellent volume from Trueblood . . . Across these 49 stories, Trueblood provides breadth, depth, and something even more--a window into her evolution as a writer. The earlier stories bear resemblance to Alice Munro's, while the later are reminiscent of Lydia Davis's; but throughout, Trueblood projects her own unique voice. --Publishers Weekly A new collection from one of our finest short story writers, preceded by condensed versions of her last three books . . . There are indeed some great stories here, praised for their unsettling combination of empathy and ruthlessness, for their elegant, uncommonly quick development, for their diverse, unexpected subject matter . . . She is still a cleareyed and compassionate reporter of the complexities and contradictions of human nature. --Kirkus Reviews Terrarium offers a landmark collection of stories from a distinguished author . . . Closing out the collection is a substantial set of new stories and vignettes, which feature notably succinct ruminations that manage to capture the nuance of her earlier works . . . Trueblood's stories question, explore, and expose as they offer unexpected connections and deeply human realizations. --Booklist Author InformationValerie Trueblood is the author of the novel Seven Loves, and the short story collections Search Party, Marry or Burn, and Criminals. She's been a finalist for the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award, a finalist for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and a recipient of the B&N Discover Award. She lives in Seattle. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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