Brawler (Stories)
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| Expected release date is Feb 23rd 2027 |
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Product Details
Author:
Lauren Groff
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
288
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group (February 23, 2027)
Imprint:
Riverhead Books
Release Date:
February 23, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9780593418437
ISBN-10:
0593418433
Weight:
7.86oz
Dimensions:
5.125" x 8" x 0.5625"
File:
RandomHouse-PRH_Book_Company_PRH_PRT_Onix_delta_active_D20261102T225705_158329594-20261102.xml
Folder:
RandomHouse
List Price:
$20.00
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
24
As low as:
$15.40
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
Discount Code:
A
QuickShip:
Yes
Overview
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Groff is one of this country’s most successful and versatile literary figures.” —New York Times
“Required reading.”—Los Angeles Times
“A knockout.”—Minnesota Star Tribune
A stunning, fierce collection from a master of the short story and one of the most important writers of our time
Read alone, each story in Lauren Groff’s electric collection is an individual triumph, bold, agile, and packed with power. Read together, they hum in exhilarating resonance. Ranging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age, class, and region -- from New England to Florida to California -- these nine stories reflect and expand upon a shared theme: the ceaseless battle between humans’ dark and light angels.
“In every human there is both an animal and a god wrestling unto death,“ one character tells us. Among those we see caught in this match are a young woman suddenly responsible for her disabled sibling, a hot-tempered high school swimmer in need of an adult, a mother blinded by the loss of her family, and a banking scion endowed with a different kind of inheritance. Motivated by love, impeded by the double edges of other peoples’ good intentions, they try to do the right thing for as long as they can.
Precise, surprising, and provocative, anchored by profound insight into human nature, Brawler reveals the repeated, sometimes heartbreaking turning points between love and fear, compassion and violence, reason and instinct, altruism and what it takes to survive.
“Groff is one of this country’s most successful and versatile literary figures.” —New York Times
“Required reading.”—Los Angeles Times
“A knockout.”—Minnesota Star Tribune
A stunning, fierce collection from a master of the short story and one of the most important writers of our time
Read alone, each story in Lauren Groff’s electric collection is an individual triumph, bold, agile, and packed with power. Read together, they hum in exhilarating resonance. Ranging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age, class, and region -- from New England to Florida to California -- these nine stories reflect and expand upon a shared theme: the ceaseless battle between humans’ dark and light angels.
“In every human there is both an animal and a god wrestling unto death,“ one character tells us. Among those we see caught in this match are a young woman suddenly responsible for her disabled sibling, a hot-tempered high school swimmer in need of an adult, a mother blinded by the loss of her family, and a banking scion endowed with a different kind of inheritance. Motivated by love, impeded by the double edges of other peoples’ good intentions, they try to do the right thing for as long as they can.
Precise, surprising, and provocative, anchored by profound insight into human nature, Brawler reveals the repeated, sometimes heartbreaking turning points between love and fear, compassion and violence, reason and instinct, altruism and what it takes to survive.









