Short Story Collections (Single Author), Oceanian & Australasians Peoples - Fiction & Literature, Oceanian & Australasian Fiction, Phases of Life - Fiction

Not Her Real Name

Name: Not Her Real Name
Author: Emily Perkins
ISBN: 9780385486644

by Emily Perkins

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Overview

This collection of twelve stories peopled by oversensitive twentysomethings transcends the self-indulgence that generally plagues the pseudodisenfranchised world of slackerdom and brings modern life into harsh and comic focus. There's "Let's Go," the story of a young couple's apathetic wanderings on a trip to discover the real Prague; "You Can Hear the Boats Go By," the story of ex-lovers who cope with their chance meeting in a supermarket in the most childish way; and "Barking," the mad rant of a drama student pissed off by Clown class. Not Her Real Name presents an essential guide to postmodern romance, to the vagaries of city life, and to a chronically self-absorbed generation whose love affairs are never as good as the last movies they've seen.