In this remarkable collection of bite-size stories, Stuart Dybek,
one of our most prodigious writers, explores the human appetite for
rapture and for trust. With fervent intensity and sly wit, he gives
each tale his signature mix of characters--some almost ghostly,
others vividly real--who live in worlds tinged with surreal
potential. There are crazed nuns hijacking streetcars, eerie
adventures across frozen ponds, and a boy who is visited by a
miniature bride and groom every night in his uncle's doomsday
compound. Whether they are about a simple transaction, a brave
inquiry, a difficult negotiation, or shared bliss, the stories in
"Ecstatic Cahoots" target the friction between our need for
ecstatic self-transcendence and our passionate longing for trust
between lovers, friends, family, and even strangers.
Call it micro-fiction or mini-fiction, flash fiction or short
shorts. Whatever the label, the marvelous encounters here are
marked by puzzlement, anguish, and conspiratorial high spirits. In
this thrilling collection, Stuart Dybek has once again
re-envisioned the possibilities of fiction, creating myriad human
situations that fold endlessly upon each other, his crackling prose
drawing out the strange, the intimate, and the mysterious elements
in each.
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