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Atavists: Stories
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Finalist For The 2025 Story Prizea Kirkus Reviews And Publishers Weekly Best Book Of 2025 One Of NprS Books We Love For 2025 A Chicago Public Library MustRead Book Of 2025 An Electric Literature Best Short Story Collection Of 2025 A Financial Times Best Summer Book Of 2025Very Few Writers Can Make The Apocalypse Hilarious And Sentimental. Stuart Kelly, Scotsmana FastMoving, Heartbreaking Collection Of Short Fiction From The American Writer With The Funniest, Wisest Grasp On How We Fool Ourselves (Chicago Tribune).The Word Atavism, Coined By A Botanist And Popularized By A Criminologist, Refers To The Resurfacing Of A Primitive Evolutionary Trait Or Urge In A Modern Being. This Inventive Collection From Lydia Millet Offers Overlapping Tales Of Urges Ranging From Rage To Jealousy To YearningA Fluent Triumph Of Storytelling, Rich In Ideas And Emotions Both Petty And Grand.The Titular Atavists Include An Underachieving, Bewildered Young Bartender; A MiddleAged Mother Convinced Her Gentle SonInLaw Is Fixated On Geriatric Porn; A Bodybuilder With An IncelS Fantasy Life; An Arrogant Academic Accused Of Plagiarism; And An EmptyNester Dad Determined To Host Refugees In A Tiny House In His Backyard.As They Pick Away At The Splitting Seams In American Culture, MilletS Characters Shimmer With The Sense Of Powerlessness We Share In An Era Of Mass Overwhelm. A Beautician In A Waxing Salon Faces A Sudden Resurgence Of Grief In The Midst Of A Bikini Brazilian; A Couple Sets Up A Camera To Find Out WhoS Been Slipping Homophobic Letters Into Their Mailbox; A Jilted Urban Planner Stalks A Man She Met On A Dating App.In Its Rich Warp And Weft Of Humiliations And Human Error, Atavists Returns To The Trenchant, Playful Social Commentary That Made A ChildrenS Bible A Runaway Hit. In These Stories Sharp Observations Of MiddleClass Mores And Sanctimony Give Way To Moments Of Raw Exposure And Longing: Atavists Performs An Uncanny Fictional Magic, Full Of Revelation But Also Hilarious, Unpretentious, And Warm.
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