Bad Behavior: Stories
- ISBN-10
- 1451687079
- ISBN-13
- 9781451687071
- Series
- Bad Behavior
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-03-13
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Mary Gaitskill
Description
A trade paperback reissue of National Book Award finalist Mary Gaitskill’s debut collection, Bad Behavior—powerful stories about dislocation, longing, and desire which depict a disenchanted and rebellious urban fringe generation that is searching for human connection. • Now a classic: Bad Behavior made critical waves when it first published, heralding Gaitskill’s arrival on the literary scene and her establishment as one of the sharpest, erotically charged, and audaciously funny writing talents of contemporary literature. Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times called it “Pinteresque,” saying, “Ms. Gaitskill writes with such authority, such radar-perfect detail, that she is able to make even the most extreme situations seem real… her reportorial candor, uncompromised by sentimentality or voyeuristic charm…underscores the strength of her debut.”
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