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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 2.7/5 ( ) Not every story hits its mark, and his style is consistent enough to edge toward predictable, but this is a worthy heir to Woody Allen collections like WITHOUT FEATHERS. Darker and more mordent, though, prompting some real cringes at times. Most would (and some have) fit into the 'Shouts & Murmurs slot at the New Yorker. Overall a funny, psychologically astute mix of short tales. humorous fiction/short stories. These are very sharp, a little sad, and a little mean (name-calling and poking fun of certain characters--intelligent readers are easily able to attribute that to the voice of the character narrating, but it still grates a little). If you aren't a fan of the New Yorker-style of pith, you likely won't enjoy this as much--I liked some of the stories but several of the other stories got really tiring, really quickly (fortunately you can always just skip those and start reading the next). I would not recommend this for a mainstream audience. I loved this! I hardly ever laugh out loud while reading a book. There were only a few sections I found dull or less humorous than the rest (hence the 4 star rating), but seriously Bream Gives Me Hiccups is a hilarious and offbeat satire about basically everything (family, sports, mental health, dating, politics, etc.) that I would highly recommend reading. Definitely one of my favorites I've discovered this year. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
"Taking its title from a group of stories that begin the book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups moves from contemporary L.A. to the dorm rooms of an American college to ancient Pompeii, throwing the reader into a universe of social misfits, reimagined scenes from history, and ridiculous overreactions. In one piece, a tense email exchange between a young man and his girlfriend is taken over by his sister, who is obsessed with the Bosnian genocide (The situation reminds me of a little historical blip called the Karađorđevo agreement); in another, a college freshman forced to live with a roommate is stunned when one of her ramen packets goes missing (she didn't have "one" of my ramens. She had a chicken ramen); in another piece, Alexander Graham Bell has teething problems with his invention (I've been calling Mabel all day, she doesn't pick up! Yes, of course I dialed the right number--2!)" -- Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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