A middle-aged couple takes in a prurient young woman picked up from the side of the road; a single mother struggles against the hostile feelings she harbors towards her precocious son; a man has alternative fantasies of domination and submission involving a fellow commuter; a hotel room is booked by an elderly woman in search of a place to end her life. In the fourteen stories that make up A Perfect Disharmony, Sébastien Brebel explores the experiences of isolated women and sexually obsessed men while weaving together digression, daydreams, and an accumulation of detail to create a wholly unique approach to the short story form.
ISBN: | 9781943150281 |
Publication date: | 25th August 2017 |
Author: | Sébastien Brebel |
Publisher: | Dalkey Archive Press an imprint of Deep Vellum Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 97 pages |
Series: | French Literature |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |