An online date with a handsome, enigmatic stranger gradually gives way to an existential crisis for Sylvia, a middle-aged New Yorker who has become accustomed to living in a state of “hysterical normalcy.” In his lucid, seductive prose, Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist Adam Haslett captures the subtle interplay between hope and dread, and the impossibility of shielding oneself from constant disaster while also making an honest, vulnerable connection to another human being.
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“Adam Haslett … possesses a rich assortment of literary gifts: an instinctive empathy for his characters and an ability to map their inner lives in startling detail; a knack for graceful, evocative prose; and a determination to trace the hidden arithmetic of relationships.” – New York Times Book Review
Adam Haslett is the author of the novel Union Atlantic and the short story collection You Are Not a Stranger Here, a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. His books have been translated into nineteen languages and his journalism and fiction have appeared in The Financial Times, Esquire, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, The Nation, and The Atlantic Monthly. He lives in New York City.
