Wet Chihuahuas." Their troop was still at the entrance, and though we had passed them by yards, Arnetta raised her nose in the air and grimaced.Īrnetta said this from the very rear of the line, far away from Mrs. "Man, did you smell them?" Arnetta said, giving the girls a slow once-over, "They smell like Chihuahuas. Our troop was wending its way past their bus, past the ranger station, past the colorful trail guide drawn like a treasure map, locked behind glass. Some clutched Igloo coolers and still others held on to stuffed toys like pacifiers, looking all around them like tourists determined to be dazzled. They turtled out from their bus in pairs, their rolled-up sleeping bags chromatized with Disney characters: Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Mickey Mouse or the generic ones cheap parents bought: washed-out rainbows, unicorns, curly-eyelashed frogs. Troop 909 was doomed from the first day of camp they were white girls, their complexions a blend of ice cream: strawberry, vanilla. ”Packer casts an eye both humorous and merciless upon her characters, putting them, in the tradition of Flannery O’Connor, to tests of faith, family, friendship, love, and self that can approach almost Biblical dimensions.”- Elle Über den Autor und weitere MitwirkendeīY OUR SECOND DAY at Camp Crescendo, the girls in my Brownie troop had decided to kick the asses of each and every girl in Brownie Troop 909. It is the kind of brilliance for narrative that should make her peers envious and her readers very, very grateful.”- Zadie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Swing Time ”ZZ Packer writes a short story with more complexity and kindness than most people can muster in their creaking 500-page novels. ”Acerbic, satirical, hilarious, nuanced, as fiercely unsentimental and deliciously subtle as Jane Austen.”- O, The Oprah Magazine Funny, fierce, verbally energetic, deeply compassionate-ZZ Packer is a wonderful new writer, who somehow manages to indict the species and forgive it all at once.”- George Saunders, Booker Pize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo
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”A true cause for celebration for those of us who feel that fiction exists to crack the world open again and inspire us with new love for it. ”This is the old-time religion of storytelling, although Packer’s prose supplies plenty of the edge and energy we expect from contemporary fiction.”- The New York Times Book Review ”A captivating eye for detail.a bold and often thrilling usage of language and style.”- San Francisco Chronicle ”ZZ Packer’s prose is vivid and often comic.Her vision sizzles and fizzes.”- John Updike Fresh, versatile, and captivating, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a striking and unforgettable collection, sure to stand out among the contemporary canon of fiction. With penetrating insight, ZZ Packer helps us see the world with a clearer vision. We meet a Brownie troop of black girls who are confronted with a troop of white girls a young man who goes with his father to the Million Man March and must decide where his allegiance lies an international group of drifters in Japan, who are starving, unable to find work a girl in a Baltimore ghetto who has dreams of the larger world she has seen only on the screens in the television store nearby, where the Lithuanian shopkeeper holds out hope for attaining his own American Dream. The acclaimed debut short story collection that introduced the world to an arresting and unforgettable new voice in fiction, from multi-award winning author ZZ Packer Her impressive range and talent are abundantly evident: Packer dazzles with her command of language, surprising and delighting us with unexpected turns and indelible images, as she takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong.
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