The Dinner Party and Other Stories - Joshua Ferris
Category: General Fiction
Narrator: Chris Kayser
Tags: General Fiction, Short Story, Literature
[Chapterized m4b], The first collection of short stories from the critically acclaimed, prize-winning author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour., These 11 stories by Joshua Ferris, many of which were first published in The New Yorker, are at once thrilling, strange, and comic. The modern tribulations of marriage, ambition, and the fear of missing out as the temptations flow like wine and the minutes of life tick down are explored with the characteristic wit and insight that have made Ferris one of our most critically acclaimed novelists., Each of these stories burrows deep into the often awkward and hilarious misunderstandings that pass between strangers and lovers alike and that turn ordinary lives upside down. Ferris shows to what lengths we mortals go to coax human meaning from our very modest time on earth, an effort that skews ever more desperately in the direction of redemption. Theres Arty Groys, the Florida retiree whose birthday celebration involves pizza, a prostitute, and a l
