Twilight of the Superheroes: Stories, (Paperback)

from palaverofbirds

I think I've heard better stories told eavesdropping on people in restaurants.A review on the back claimed that Alice Munro and Deborah Eisenberg are the only contemporary writers, "incapable of writing a bad story." Makes one really wonder where they get their books.

from chrisblocker

Blech!I tried to muddle through this collection, but it was difficult. I had no idea what the author was talking about half the time. I couldn't figure out if she just had ADHD or I had an attention deficit disorder of my own. Take, for example, the following passage from the title story"And actu...

from asxz

There was very little here for me to cling to. Mostly opaque and inaccessible apart from that one story about Otto and his family that was quite moving. Not my favorite collection of short stories.

from Ibreak4books

Does everyone HAVE to be an art dealer in New York City? I wish some of these NY writers would leave the nest and check out some other parts of the country to turn their talents loose on.

from jawalter

Every critique I've seen of this book refers in some way to 9/11, which isn't terribly unexpected. While Eisenberg seems to dance around that date without directly addressing it, it's still clearly the dominant theme of each of her stories, chronicling worlds that have been oh-so-slightly tilted ...