Bad Behavior
Stories

Name: Bad Behavior
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Mary Gaitskill
ISBN: 9781504671248

Author: Mary Gaitskill

Narrator: Mary Gaitskill

Unabridged: 7 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 03/08/2016

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Psychological

Synopsis

This is a reissue of National Book Award finalist Mary Gaitskill’s debut collection, Bad Behavior—powerful stories about dislocation, longing, and desire, which depict a disenchanted and rebellious urban-fringe generation as it searches for human connection.Now a classic, Bad Behavior made critical waves when it was first published, heralding Gaitskill’s arrival on the literary scene and her establishment as a sharp, erotically charged, and audaciously funny writer of contemporary literature.Stories included here are “Daisy’s Valentine,” “A Romantic Weekend,” “Something Nice,” “An Affair, Edited,” “Connection,” “Trying to Be,” “Secretary,” “Other Factors,” and “Heaven.”

About Mary Gaitskill

Mary Gaitskill is an author whose debut novel, Veronica, was a finalist for the 2005 National Book Award. Her stories and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s, and Esquire. Her short story “Secretary” was the basis for the film of the same name.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily

I'm glad I stumbled on this collection of short stories as they are my kind of stories. Set in a time and place that I idealise. However I feel they won't be everyone's cup of tea, as they often focus on dark areas such as prostitution, depression, suicide and sexual violence. It like that there are......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Mary Gaitskill is a bad writer. This is from page 176: 'Have I upset you?' asked Deana. 'No, no.' Connie looked up. 'I understand what you're saying, but that wasn't the case with Alice. I never acted vulnerable around her. And actually I don't really agree with you. I may have done that to you because I......more

Quotes

“Stubbornly original, with a sort of rhythm and fine moments that flatten you out when you don’t expect it.” Alice Munro, New York Times bestselling author

“Intriguingly tart…Urban true grit.” People

“Pinteresque…Ms. Gaitskill writes with such authority, such radar-perfect detail, that she is able to make even the most extreme situations seem real.” New York Times

“This thirty-year-old collection is much more feminist than most of what we’ve got going, even these days. Good thing we can can still read it whenever we want.” Literary Hub

“Gaitskill’s characters possess a curious combination of wit and naïveté…Her writing has a precision and depth than can charge a dreary setting with significance…Gaitskill has created an intimate and almost beautiful series of images.” Publishers Weekly

“This author concentrates on the inside of her characters’ heads. In the best of these pieces, she looks not so much at the ‘bad behavior’ itself as at the consciousness behind it, calmly and clinically charting desires, ideas, and emotions.” Kirkus Reviews

“A thrilling journey into the deep anxieties of romance and desire…Stunning.” Frederick Exley, William Faulkner Award–winning author

“Ferocious, terrifying stories, skillful as they are scary. Gaitskill’s voice and talents are wonderfully new, as honest as rain and as welcome in a long, dry season.” Alice Adams, author of The Last Lovely City

Awards

Granta Best Book