Catapult

By Emily Fridlund

Subjects: FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short stories, American -- 21st century, American Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author)

Description: Sometimes calculating, other times bewildered, Catapult's characters orbit around each other enacting the deeply human tragicomedy of wit and misunderstanding and loss. With dexterous, atmospheric, and darkly comic prose, Fridlund conjures worlds where longing is open-ended, intentions misfire, and the line between comfort and cruelty is often difficult to discern. A gripping collection, unsettling in its familiar strangeness.