Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips

Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips

Forced to navigate these bizarre scenarios, Phillips' characters search for solutions to the problem of how to survive in an irrational, infinitely strange world. In dystopias that are exaggerated versions of the world in which we live, these characters strive for intimacy and struggle to resolve their fraught relationships with each other, with themselves, and with their place in the natural world. We meet a wealthy woman who purchases a high-tech sex toy in the shape of a man, a rowdy, moody crew of college students who resolve the energy crisis, and orphaned twin sisters who work as futuristic strippers and with Phillips' characteristic smarts and imagination, we see that no one is quite who they appear. By turns surreal, witty, and perplexing, these marvellous stories are ultimately a reflection of our own reality and of the big questions that we all face. Who are we? Where do we fit? Phillips is a true original and a treasure.

Helen Phillips is the award-winning author of the widely acclaimed novel The Beautiful Bureaucrat, named aNew York Times Notable Book, and the collection And Yet They Were Happy. Her work has appeared in Tin House, Electric Literature, and The New York Times. An assistant professor of creative writing at Brooklyn College, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and children.

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ISBN 13	9781627793797
ISBN 10	1627793798
Title	Some Possible Solutions
Author	Helen Phillips
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Henry Holt And Co.
Year published	2016-05-31
Number of pages	240
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