Synopsis
About Joshua Furst
See more books from this AuthorThe two best stories portray a “family in crisis” brought on by its well-meaning father’s “progressive” imperatives (no TV, no toys) and inability to empathize with his harried wife’s failure to control either their kids or her own maternal and sexual demons (“The Good Parents”);
| Read Full Review of Short People: StoriesLike medical case histories put through a mangle, Furst's 10 stories are detached, distorted chronicles of the vicissitudes of childhood.
| Read Full Review of Short People: StoriesIf, as someone once said, a novel is an evolution and a short story is a revelation, then this publishing season has brought revelations via new short story collections as prolific as summer raindrops.
| Read Full Review of Short People: StoriesBut Furst reminds you what it’s like to be six – what it feels like to discover the world: Billy knows about the past and the present, but Jason has learned something new.
May 20 2010 | Read Full Review of Short People: StoriesAn aggregated and normalized score based on 8 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes