Título: We Others: New and Selected Stories
Autor: Steven Millhauser
Sinopse: A magnificent collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author: stories from across three decades that showcase his indomitable imagination. Steven Millhauser's fiction has consistently, and to dazzling effect, dissolved the boundaries between reality and fantasy, waking life and dreams, the past and the future, darkness and light, love and lust. The stories gathered here unfurl in settings as disparate as nineteenth-century Vienna, a contemporary Connecticut town, the corridors of a monstrous museum, and Thomas Edison's laboratory, and they are inhabited by a wide-ranging cast of characters, including a knife thrower and teenage boys, ghosts and a cartoon cat and mouse. But all of the stories are united in their unfailing power to surprise and enchant. From the earliest to the stunning, previously unpublished novella-length title story-in which a man who is dead, but not quite gone, reaches out to two lonely women-Millhauser "makes our world turn amazing" (The New York Times Book Review). With this collection, Steven Millhauser carves out ever more deeply his wondrous place in the American literary canon. Praise for Steven Millhauser's Dangerous Laughter "There is a ferocious restlessness in [these] stories, a mingling of desire and dread...mesmerizing" - Cathleen Medwick, O, The Oprah Magazine "Tales fuelled by curiosity and wonder, from a master...dazzling" - Jeff Turrentine, Washington Post Book World "Beautiful and profound...Millhauser's work is among the most thought-provoking I've ever encountered" - David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Millhauser is a marvel...Dangerous Laughter shimmers with eccentric research, sinuous explorations of the mysteries of artistic creation, and his preternatural sensitivity to the inner lives of children and adolescents...an experience that leaves [us] dazzles, enchanted" - Daniel Dyer, Cleveland Plain Dealer "Absorbing, impeccably imagined...the best [stories] linger strangely, like ghostly taps on your shoulder" - Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly "Prose wizardry...of such melodic wit and finesse that it's more akin to musicmaking than story telling" - Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times "Millhauser's lifelong loves-of cartoons, magic, board games, mechanical marvels of the 19th century and the quiet moments of daily life-shine through, and his taste for language and grasp of storytelling are flawless. Truly amazing stories." - Stewart O'Nan
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “We Others: New and Selected Stories”, de Steven Millhauser, publicado pela editora Corsair, em 2011 e com 400 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Corsair
Páginas: 400
Ano: 2011
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 1780333048
ISBN13: 9781780333045
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Corsair convidam o leitor a mergulhar em narrativas densas, muitas vezes marcadas por atmosferas sombrias e conflitos intensos, como dramas históricos ambientados em períodos de guerra ou thrillers psicológicos. O catálogo privilegia personagens complexos, cujas jornadas pessoais se entrelaçam com contextos sociais ou políticos tensos, revelando dilemas morais e humanos profundos. A linguagem tende a ser elaborada, com ritmo que alterna entre tensão crescente e momentos de reflexão, favorecendo leitores que apreciam histórias que desafiam a compreensão imediata e exploram emoções cruas. Há obras que transitam entre o suspense e o drama intimista, enquanto outras exploram universos fantásticos ou filosóficos, mostrando certa diversidade temática, ainda que com um tom predominantemente sério e envolvente.
