An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life

An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life
Paul Dalla Rosa
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Hardback
h218 x 140mm - 240pg
2 Jun 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781800810129
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' Voyeuristically addictive, funny, and deceptively simple' Halle Butler, author of The New MeWhether working in food service or in high-end retail, lit by a laptop in a sex chat or by the camera of an acclaimed film director, or sharing a flat in the city or a holiday rental in Mallorca, the protagonists of the nine stories comprising Paul Dalla Rosa' s debut collection navigate the spaces between aspiration and delusion, ambition and aimlessness, the curated profile and the unreliable body. By turns unsparing and tender, Dalla Rosa explores our lives in late-stage Capitalism, where globalisation and its false promises of connectivity leave us further alienated and disenfranchised. Like the legendary Lucia Berlin and his contemporary Ottessa Moshfegh, Dalla Rosa is a masterful observer-and hilarious eviscerator-of our ugly, beautiful attempts at finding meaning in an ugly, beautiful world.
Pitch perfect, with undercurrents of sorrow and angst -- Kit de Waal, Judge of the Sunday Times 2019 Short Story Prize Panel and author of The Trick to Time Darkly funny . . . Bitingly ironic and immensely original * Sunday Times * These are bold, acerbic stories that draw out the surreality of our disconnected, often brutal world. -- Sean Hewitt I love these voyeuristically addictive, funny, and deceptively simple stories. Paul Dalla Rosa has perfectly articulated the bizarreness of human isolation and human behaviour. -- Halle Butler A precise and perfect depiction of a particularly current brand of emptiness and aloneness . . . hilarious, brutal, warm and tender -- Abigail Ulman, the author of Hot Little Hands Engrossing, gleefully unsettling, curious but mercifully never whimsical, this is an eminently readable collection -- Lauren John Joseph, author of At Certain Points We Touch The contemporary urgency of his stories is intoxicating. . . . This is such an exciting collection - writing this good is thrilling, exhilarating -- Christos Tsiolkas, author of The Slap Hilarious and heartbreaking . . . It' s deliciously deadpan, often absurd, and painfully alive. -- Alice Ash, author of Paradise Block Paul Dalla Rosa' s writing is beautiful in its simplicity, awe-inspiring in its assessment of contemporary culture, and hilarious when you least expect it. Each story in An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life contains its own stunning world and its own cast of unforgettable characters playing out scenes that only Dalla Rosa could write. This book is a knockout. -- Chelsea Hodson, author of Tonight I' m Someone Else
Paul Dalla Rosa is a writer based in Melbourne, Australia. His stories have appeared in Granta, The Paris Review, McSweeney' s, Meanjin and New York Tyrant. In 2019, his story ' Comme' was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Short Story Award. An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life is his debut collection.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781800810129
Published: 2 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Serpent's Tail
Publisher: Profile Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 218mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 400g
Pages: 240

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