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Title: Happiness
Author: Ann Harleman
Narrator: Stephanie Carrie
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-19-13
Publisher: University Press Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
In Ann Harleman's remarkable debut collection, men and women of extraordinary passions look for and sometimes find the hidden heart of ordinary life. Testing themselves and each other, they search for ways to connect. "Understanding", says the troubled voyeur-narrator of "Imaginary Colors" is "the booby prize" these characters go for experience. Reckless explorers of inner space, they try the limits of their lives.
Harleman combines a clear eye with a generous heart, revealing her characters - misguided, selfish, loving, brave - through a compassionate, often humorous probing of their inner and outer worlds.
The supple language of these twelve stories - wise, funny, delighting in the sensuous - makes us feel the beauty and terror of a fully lived life. Harleman's characters, whether they succeed or fail, show us the way to a deeper exploration of our own lives.
The book is published by University of Iowa Press.
John Simmons Short Fiction Award
Critic Reviews:
"It is easy to understand why Ann Harleman has won a University of Iowa short fiction award for this first collection of stories. She is a writer of astonishing clarity and depth, a conjurer of searing images and emotional truths that stay with her readers long after they have closed the covers on Happiness...passion, jealousy, loss, happiness (it's all here, beautifully so, with poetry on every page)." (Boston Globe)
"Harleman's precise and evocative language can depict complex human relationships in a simple scene of chopping wood (or subtly illuminate the peril of romance in a claustrophobic family drama)." (New York Times book review)
Members Reviews:
Not recommended.
I didn't enjoy any of these stories.
synopsis of N.Y. Times & Washingtom Post reviews
Kirkus nods here. The Times also said, "Ms Hsarleman's precise and evocative language can depict complex human relationships in a gripping scene of chopping wood--or subtly illuminate the peril of romance. The Post said, "she carries into these lives a deep and resonant insight. What's noteworthy here is the profound insight of a young woman writer into the lives of men....Ms. Harleman is a wonderful talent...
These are beautifully written stories
The stories of Happiness are in general very strong; beautifully written, they are sensitive to their character's personalities and inter-relationships. This is an extraordinary collection, are will reward almost reader.
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Title: Happiness
Author: Ann Harleman
Narrator: Stephanie Carrie
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-19-13
Publisher: University Press Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
In Ann Harleman's remarkable debut collection, men and women of extraordinary passions look for and sometimes find the hidden heart of ordinary life. Testing themselves and each other, they search for ways to connect. "Understanding", says the troubled voyeur-narrator of "Imaginary Colors" is "the booby prize" these characters go for experience. Reckless explorers of inner space, they try the limits of their lives.
Harleman combines a clear eye with a generous heart, revealing her characters - misguided, selfish, loving, brave - through a compassionate, often humorous probing of their inner and outer worlds.
The supple language of these twelve stories - wise, funny, delighting in the sensuous - makes us feel the beauty and terror of a fully lived life. Harleman's characters, whether they succeed or fail, show us the way to a deeper exploration of our own lives.
The book is published by University of Iowa Press.
John Simmons Short Fiction Award
Critic Reviews:
"It is easy to understand why Ann Harleman has won a University of Iowa short fiction award for this first collection of stories. She is a writer of astonishing clarity and depth, a conjurer of searing images and emotional truths that stay with her readers long after they have closed the covers on Happiness...passion, jealousy, loss, happiness (it's all here, beautifully so, with poetry on every page)." (Boston Globe)
"Harleman's precise and evocative language can depict complex human relationships in a simple scene of chopping wood (or subtly illuminate the peril of romance in a claustrophobic family drama)." (New York Times book review)
Members Reviews:
Not recommended.
I didn't enjoy any of these stories.
synopsis of N.Y. Times & Washingtom Post reviews
Kirkus nods here. The Times also said, "Ms Hsarleman's precise and evocative language can depict complex human relationships in a gripping scene of chopping wood--or subtly illuminate the peril of romance. The Post said, "she carries into these lives a deep and resonant insight. What's noteworthy here is the profound insight of a young woman writer into the lives of men....Ms. Harleman is a wonderful talent...
These are beautifully written stories
The stories of Happiness are in general very strong; beautifully written, they are sensitive to their character's personalities and inter-relationships. This is an extraordinary collection, are will reward almost reader.