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Are You Happy? (Stories)
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Product Details
Author:
Lori Ostlund
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
272
Publisher:
Astra Publishing House (May 6, 2025)
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781662603020
ISBN-10:
1662603029
Weight:
14oz
Dimensions:
5.81" x 8.5" x 0.93"
File:
RandomHouse-PRH_Book_Company_PRH_PRT_Onix_full_active_D20260405T171603_155746869-20260405.xml
Folder:
RandomHouse
List Price:
$26.00
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
32
As low as:
$20.02
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
Discount Code:
A
QuickShip:
Yes
Imprint:
Astra House
Overview
"[A] piercing collection . . . These stories will dazzle readers." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"These nine startling stories capture the subtleties of feeling—and being made to feel—out of place . . .. Ostlund proves herself a master of the form."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Nine exquisite stories that explore class, desire, identity, and the specter of violence that looms daily over women and the LGBTQ+ community.
An aspiring veterinarian survives a plane crash and starts life over in California. A woman mourns the loss of her childhood friend’s innocence and rethinks justice. A queer teacher's sense of safety in the classroom is destroyed. With settings ranging from small-town Minnesota to New Mexico, from bars and bedrooms to a furniture store and a community college, Are You Happy? casts a spotlight on people who try—and often fail—to make peace with their pasts while navigating their present relationships and notions of self. In prose that is evocative and restrained, unpredictable and masterful, Lori Ostlund offers a darkly humorous and compassionate examination of America’s preoccupation with loneliness, happiness, guns, and violence.
"These nine startling stories capture the subtleties of feeling—and being made to feel—out of place . . .. Ostlund proves herself a master of the form."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Nine exquisite stories that explore class, desire, identity, and the specter of violence that looms daily over women and the LGBTQ+ community.
An aspiring veterinarian survives a plane crash and starts life over in California. A woman mourns the loss of her childhood friend’s innocence and rethinks justice. A queer teacher's sense of safety in the classroom is destroyed. With settings ranging from small-town Minnesota to New Mexico, from bars and bedrooms to a furniture store and a community college, Are You Happy? casts a spotlight on people who try—and often fail—to make peace with their pasts while navigating their present relationships and notions of self. In prose that is evocative and restrained, unpredictable and masterful, Lori Ostlund offers a darkly humorous and compassionate examination of America’s preoccupation with loneliness, happiness, guns, and violence.
