I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
Description:
ONE OFTIME'S 10 BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2020. Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR,Bustle,Good Housekeeping, the New York Public Library,Library Journal,Lit Hub,Electric Literature,andTor.com
"As enchanting as fairy tales, as mysterious as dreams, these exquisitely composed fictions are as urgent and original as any being written today." --Sigrid Nunez, author ofThe Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction
An urgent and unsettling collection of women on the verge from Laura van den Berg, author ofThe Third Hotel
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, Laura van den Berg's first story collection since her prizewinning bookThe Isle of Youth, draws readers into a world of wholly original, sideways ghost stories that linger in the mouth and the mind. Both timeless and urgent, these eleven stories confront misogyny, violence, and the impossible economics of America with van den Berg's trademark spiky humor and surreal eye. Moving from the peculiarities of Florida to liminal spaces of travel in Mexico City, Sicily, and Iceland,I Hold a Wolf by the Ears is uncannily attuned to our current moment, and to the fears we reveal to no one but ourselves.
In "Lizards," a man mutes his wife's anxieties by giving her a LaCroix-like seltzer laced with sedatives. In the title story, a woman poses as her more successful sister during a botched Italian holiday, a choice that brings about strange and destructive consequences, while in "Karolina," a woman discovers her prickly ex-sister-in-law in the aftermath of an earthquake and is forced to face the truth about her violent brother.
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears presents a collection of women on the verge, trying to grasp what's left of life: grieving, divorced, and hyperaware, searching, vulnerable, and unhinged, they exist in a world that deviates from our own only when you look too closely. With remarkable control and transcendent talent, van den Berg dissolves, in the words of the narrator of "Slumberland," "that border between magic and annihilation," and further establishes herself as a defining fiction writer of our time.
Best prices to buy, sell, or rent ISBN 9780374102098
Frequently Asked Questions about I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
The price for the book starts from $5.34 on Amazon and is available from 42 sellers at the moment.
At BookScouter, the prices for the book start at $2.07. Feel free to explore the offers for the book in used or new condition from various booksellers, aggregated on our website.
If you’re interested in selling back the I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories book, you can always look up BookScouter for the best deal. BookScouter checks 30+ buyback vendors with a single search and gives you actual information on buyback pricing instantly.
As for the I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories book, the best buyback offer comes from and is $ for the book in good condition.
The I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories book is in very low demand now as the rank for the book is 1,298,572 at the moment. A rank of 1,000,000 means the last copy sold approximately a month ago.
The highest price to sell back the I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories book within the last three months was on October 22 and it was $1.55.