Objects of Desire by Adam O'fallon Price

Objects of Desire by Adam O'fallon Price

Somewhere...down a wrong road...under the sea...across the desert...by earthquake, tornado, hurricane, and magick... exists the Land of Oz. But it's not the same land you loved and dreamed of. A new and more powerful evil than that of the wicked witches has taken over Oz by the name of the Red Sorceress. Oz is in shambles, a barren wasteland. Dorothy is sick with stomach cancer, so it is up to her daughter, Maryjane, to help bring Oz back to life. Maryjane isn't your average teenager in Kansas. She was blessed by the Elders of Oz with magickal powers as a thanks for the help her mother offered while living there. Glinda's son, Charlie, and Maryjane are the heirs to the throne of Oz, while the Red Sorceress intends to steal it away for her and her apprentice. Maryjane and Charlie have battled for years over their feelings for each other and have grappled with the idea of punishment, for Maryjane is a mortal from the human world, and it is forbidden. However, the only way to defeat this new monster of evil is together, and they alone share the hidden powers to bring Oz back to life and return the wastelands back into the voluptuous land it once was.

“Tremendously funny and deeply felt, Adam O'Fallon Price channels the voices of characters suspended between crisis and catharsis, hovering somewhere above rock bottom, wandering the maze of their own desires and dreamsIn their tenderness, these stories demonstrate the special power of the short form to hoist up the heaviness of life, to give lightness and wit to what would drag us down. But in their pathos, the struggle of Price's characters to see their way to being a just-slightly better version of themselves, they give heft to experiences that we might otherwise prefer to discard, illuminating a rare and peculiar kind of beauty. Objects of Desire is a wonderful gift, from beginning to end.” —Alexandra Kleeman, author of Something New Under the Sun

“Adam O’Fallon Price renders his characters with depth and nuance in each of these brilliant stories and you are pulled so deeply into the particular nature of their struggles that it shocks you to realize how invested you’ve become in the small possibilities of grace that Price leads us toward. Objects of Desire works within this perfect triangle of sadness, humor, and tenderness, and I’m amazed at the wonder of this collection.” —Kevin Wilson, author of Now Is Not the Time to Panic

“With curiosity, humor, and in pristine prose, Adam O’Fallon Price follows his characters down to their most desperate hours, allowing them quiet revelations and occasional grace. Each of these stories is a tightly plotted, psychologically rich marvel. Price is among the best story writers of our time.” —Emily Adrian, author of Seduction Theory

"Here are eleven stories of addiction, ambition, and self-delusion—of distinctly modern malaise and all-American yearning—told in a style as timeless as it is powerful. His prose taut as a bowstring and his characters doomed to FAFO, Adam O'Fallon Price is an heir to John Cheever, William Trevor, and Ann Beattie. Bleakly comic and full of stinging insight, this is a collection to covet." —Justin Taylor, author of Reboot

Adam O’Fallon Price is the author of two novels, The Grand Tour (Doubleday, 2016) and The Hotel Neversink (Tin House Books, 2019), which won the 2020 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original. He received an MFA from Cornell University, and his short fiction has appeared in Harper’s, The Paris Review, Granta, and elsewhere. Born in Los Angeles, he grew up in the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, and Tennessee. He now lives in Carrboro, North Carolina, and teaches fiction writing at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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ISBN 13	9781637681220
ISBN 10	1637681224
Title	Objects of Desire
Author	Adam O'fallon Price
Series	Autumn House Press Fiction Prize Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Autumn House Press
Year published	2026-11-19
Number of pages	218
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