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What's important is feeling, stories, Adam Wilson

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What's important is feeling, stories, Adam Wilson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

What's important is feeling

Oclc number

850180982

Responsibility statement

Adam Wilson

Sub title

stories

Summary

"Bankers prowl Brooklyn bars on the eve of the stock market crash. A debate over Young Elvis versus Vegas Elvis turns existential. Detoxing junkies use a live lobster to spice up their love life. Students on summer break struggle to escape the orbit of a seemingly utopic communal house. And in the title story, selected for The Best American Short Stories, two film school buddies working on a doomed project are left sizing up their own talent, hoping to come out on top--but fearing they won't. In What's Important Is Feeling, Adam Wilson follows the through-line of contemporary coming-of-age from the ravings of teenage lust to the staggering loneliness of proto-adulthood. He navigates the tough terrain of American life with a delicate balance of comedy and compassion, lyricism and unsparing straightforwardness. Wilson's characters wander through a purgatory of yearning, hope, and grief. No one emerges unscathed."--P. [4] of cover

Table Of Contents

Soft thunder -- The long in-between -- Things I had -- December boys got it bad -- Some nights we tase each other -- We close our eyes -- Tell me -- Sluts at heart -- America is me and Andy -- What's important is feeling -- The porchies -- Milligrams

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