Twilight of the Superheroes by Deborah Eisenberg

Twilight of the Superheroes by Deborah Eisenberg

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).

Transactions in a Foreign Currency, Beneath the 82nd Airborne, All Around Atlantis, and Twilight of the Superheroes are only a few of Deborah Eisenberg's tale collections. A MacArthur Genius Grant, a Whiting Writers' Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship have all been bestowed upon her. She has taught at Columbia University and the University of Virginia.