โ T. Kingfisher
๐ Fiction
๐
2017
๐ Red Wombat Studio
๐ English
โ 129 KB
๐ 2 views
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Bream Gives Me Hiccups and Other Stories
โ Scribed by Jesse Eisenberg
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada;Bond Street Books
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 038568357X
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โฆ Synopsis
From Academy Award-nominated Jesse Eisenberg comes a collection of hilarious stories that tackle the modern world from multiple yet equally absurd and poignant points of view.
The series of stories that gives the book its unusual title are written from the point of view of a nine-year-old boy whose mother brings him to expensive Los Angeles restaurants so that she can bill her ex-husband for the meals. One story in the "Bream Gives Me Hiccups" series begins: "Last night, Mom and I went to Thanksgiving dinner at a Vegan family's house, which is kind of like going to Temple for Christmas. Mom said that Vegans are 'people that don't eat any meat or cheese or shave.'" Another series of stories are letters written by a university student to her high school counselor as she grows gradually more unhinged. Other stories imagine discussions in ancient Pompeii just before the volcanic eruption, explore the vagaries of post-gender-normative dating in New York City, and...
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