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In this fascinating collection, Jenny Erpenbeck meditates on the disappearance and impermanence of things. Whether recalling the demolition of familiar places, the loss of a friendship, or a change in social attitudes, Erpenbeck's sharp intelligence, eye for telling detail, and her nuanced perspective on her country's history and her own writing lifeimbue these short pieces with lasting power.

Razor-sharp, glittering tales exploring marriage, fame and female friendship, from the Sunday Times bestselling author. In this compulsive collection of twelve witty stories, Sittenfeld shows why she’s as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels, as she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends. In ‘The Patron Saints of Middle Age,’ a woman visits two friends she hasn’t seen since her divorce. In ‘A for Alone,’ a married artist embarks on a project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can’t spend time alone together without lusting after each other. And in ‘Lost but Not Forgotten,’ Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a new window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an awkward school reunion. Witty, confronting and full of tenderness, Sittenfeld peels back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.

<b>A rallying, celebratory essay about Sylvia Plath, Taylor Swift and unbridled female ambition by the beloved author of <i>Bluets</i> and <i>The Argonauts</i></b><br/><br/>In <i>The Slicks</i>, Maggie Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon Sylvia Plath as twin hosts of the female urge towards wanting hard, working hard and pouring forth - and as twinned targets of patriarchy's ancient urge to disparage, trivialise and demonise such prolific, intimate output.<br/><br/>A heady and rallying melding of popular culture and literary criticism, <i>The Slicks</i> is an inspired and unexpected assessment of two iconic female artists by one of the most revered and influential critics of her generation.<br/><br/><b>PRAISE FOR MAGGIE NELSON:<br/><br/>'</b>Her words come as though from a great distance and strike incredibly close' <b>Anne Enright</b><br/><br/>'Among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation' <b>Olivia Laing</b><br/><br/>'Always brilliant' <b>Geoff Dyer</b><br/><br/>'One of the most unique voices in non-fiction: enquiring, political, lyrically dazzling, empathetic' <b>Sinead Gleeson</b>