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Twilight of the Superheroes: Stories (2006)

by Deborah Eisenberg

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Series: 9-11 Comics

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Deborah Eisenberg is nearly unmatched in her mastery of the short-story form. Now, in her newest collection, she demonstrates once again her virtuosic abilities in precisely distilled, perfectly shaped studies of human connection and disconnection. From a group of friends whose luck in acquiring a luxurious Manhattan sublet turns to disaster as their balcony becomes a front-row seat to the catastrophe of 9/11, to the too painful love of a brother for his schizophrenic sister, Eisenberg brilliantly "illustrates the lives of people rubbed raw by what the fates have sent them" (Vanity Fair).… (more)
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hey halle, check out what i'm finally reading... ( )
  hms_ | Nov 22, 2022 |
Eisenberg's short stories deal with complicated families at various stages of their cycles, with the underlying threat of historical events like 9/11 or the Gulf War. Quite an interesting collection of stories. ( )
  WiebkeK | Jan 21, 2021 |
I love the way these stories seem to ramble, but slowly unfold, until towards the end you see the whole picture. First I was involved with the vividly drawn characters in these stories, then before I knew it I was engrossed. I liked them all, but favorites included the title story about the effects of the 9/11 World Trade disaster on disparate yet connected people; Some Other, Better Otto about a dysfunctional grown family; and Like It Or Not. But descriptions don’t do them justice. ( )
  steller0707 | Aug 25, 2019 |
There was very little here for me to cling to. Mostly opaque and inaccessible apart from that one story about Otto and his family that was quite moving. Not my favorite collection of short stories. ( )
  asxz | Mar 13, 2019 |
Short stories. Excellent. Oddly, the first one, which provides the title, is the weakest. It feels contrived. All the others are wonderful, with keen insights and excellent writing.
  bjellis | Jan 25, 2015 |
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Deborah Eisenberg is nearly unmatched in her mastery of the short-story form. Now, in her newest collection, she demonstrates once again her virtuosic abilities in precisely distilled, perfectly shaped studies of human connection and disconnection. From a group of friends whose luck in acquiring a luxurious Manhattan sublet turns to disaster as their balcony becomes a front-row seat to the catastrophe of 9/11, to the too painful love of a brother for his schizophrenic sister, Eisenberg brilliantly "illustrates the lives of people rubbed raw by what the fates have sent them" (Vanity Fair).

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