Fast Lanes
Fast Lanes by Jayne Anne Phillips is a short story collection published by Vintage on May 9, 2000. This first edition comprises 208 pages and is presented in English. The book offers a diverse array of voices, exploring the complexities of characters who navigate the tension between detachment and the longing for connection.
Readers will encounter a range of narratives, including three stories that appear for the first time in this edition. “Alma” features an adolescent daughter who becomes her mother’s confidante, while “Counting” delves into the history of a doomed love affair. “Callie” evokes poignant memories of a child’s death in 1920s West Virginia. The collection includes seven original stories, each delivered through compelling first-person perspectives that provide insight into the lives of an entire generation of Americans.
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Night Watch: a short story collection that presents a tour de force of voices, offering elegantly rendered views into the lives of characters torn between the liberation of detachment and the desire to connect.
“A brilliant writer, utterly original and with an astonishing range.” —Ian McEwan, New York Times bestselling author of Atonement and Lessons
Three stories are collected in this edition for the first time: in “Alma,” and adolescent daughter is made the confidante of her lonely mother; “Counting” traces the history of a dommed love affair; and “Callie” evokes memories of the haunting death of a child in 1920’s West Virginia. Along with the original seven stories from Fast Lanes—each told in extraordinary first person narratives that have been hailed by critics as virtuoso performances—these incandescent portraits offer windows into the lives of an entire generation of Americans, demonstrating again and again why Jayne Anne Phillips remains one of our most powerful writers.
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