Safety of Objects
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The breakthrough story collection that established A. M. Homes as one of the most daring writers of her generation Originally published in 1990 to wide critical acclaim, this extraordinary first... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0679736298
ISBN13:9780679736295
Release Date:November 1991
Publisher:Vintage Books USA
Length:173 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Peculiar People
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
In a series of skillfully constructed short stories, A. M. Homes has unveiled with great élan the frightening underside of suburbia. The characters run the gamut from a disappointed pedophile to a lascivious obese girl, from a responsible mother gone wild on a weekend away from her children to a teen boy who becomes strangely attracted to his sister's Barbie. However, revealing any more about these stories would be unseemly, as the degenerate twists are part of their seductive powers. Despite the shocking premises, the basic situations and feelings evoked are often universal - making this book a somewhat uneasy read. The reader does not want to identify with these characters, but Homes, with laser-like precision, forces the reader to just such apperception. Reading "Safety of Objects" left me alternately paralyzed with laughter and oddly nauseous - a true mark of genius! This book is the first I've read by Homes, but I'm already eagerly anticipating the next.
A book junkie in Florida
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
A.M. Home's Safety of Objects, is disturbing, and yet has you begging for more. These short stories are like not like any others you've read. Bravo to Ms. Homes and her imagination. You will not be able to put this one down, and will hate when the you come to the last page. It's a wonderfully different book with a number of subjects and stories sure to have you in histerics or on the edge of your seat.
Haunting
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Beautiful and arresting, the stories in this collection look at the world sideways and from that vantage point show us much that we try to repress. Ms. Homes has an original way of expressing the ineffable disatisfaction many of us can smell in the suburbs but have a hard time expressing. These stories are a triumph of contemporary North American literature.
Fascinating and disturbing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Tight, well-written short stories about contemporary life. A unique, compelling new voice in fiction.
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