Bibliograph

The angel of Rome, and other stories, Jess Walter

Type

Label

The angel of Rome, and other stories, Jess Walter

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The angel of Rome

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1333204139

Responsibility statement

Jess Walter

Sub title

and other stories

Summary

We all live like we're famous now, curating our social media presences, performing our identities, withholding those parts of ourselves we don't want others to see. In this riveting collection of stories from acclaimed author Jess Walter, a teenage girl tries to live up to the image of her beautiful, missing mother. An elderly couple confronts the fiction writer eavesdropping on their conversation. A son must repeatedly come out to his senile father while looking for a place to care for the old man. A famous actor in recovery has a one-night stand with the world's most surprising film critic. And in the romantic title story, a shy twenty-one-year-old studying Latin in Rome during "the year of my reinvention" finds himself face-to-face with the Italian actress of his adolescent dreamsThis humorous, heartfelt and redemptive collection of short fiction from the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Beautiful Ruins explores moments when everything changes-for the better, worse and outrageous-as an unforgettable cast of characters question life and search for inspiration.

Target audience

adult

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