Ether Seven Stories and a Novella
, by Citkowitz, EvgeniaNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780312569358 | 0312569351
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/21/2011
ANew York Times Book ReviewEditors#x19; Choice All the characters in Evgenia Citkowitz#x19;s first collection of short fiction are connected by the quest for identity#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;some are poised at crossroads, while others teeter on the edge of a moral precipice. In #x1C;Leavers#x19; Events,#x1D; a teenage girl awaits exam results and has a sexual encounter with a teacher that she hopes will define her. In #x1C;Sunday#x19;s Child,#x1D; a middle-aged actress evicts a homeless woman from her garden, precipitating a crisis of conscience. And in the title novella, #x1C;Ether,#x1D; a blocked writer plagiarizes his own life with devastating consequences. Unexpected and startlingly original, Citkowitz depicts her characters with a mordant humor and tenderness that never diminishes their complexity.