Cockfosters: Stories - Paperback

Name: Cockfosters: Stories - Paperback
Brand: BooksCloud
SKU: 9780525563624
Price: 21.00 USD
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by Helen Simpson

$21.00

Book Overview

A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year

In these nine virtuoso stories, Helen Simpson turns her wickedly wry wit to the stations of life, the vulnerabilities of age, and the lives of ordinary people in complicated times. The title story follows two old friends as they ride the London Underground to Cockfosters--the end of the line--to retrieve a pair of newly prescribed bifocals. "Erewhon" depicts a reversal of gender roles as a man lies awake in bed fretting about his body shape, his dissatisfaction with sex, his children, and his role in his marriage. And in "Berlin," a fiftysomething couple embarks on a "Ring Cycle package" trip to Germany, recalling the ups and downs of their life together as they make their way through Wagner's epic. Funny, warmhearted, and deeply insightful, these tales brilliantly balance devastation and optimism as only Helen Simpson can.

ISBN	9780525563624
Author	Helen Simpson
Publisher	Knopf Publishing Group
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	September 2018
Language	ENG- English
Pages	192
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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