Laura Glen Louis won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in 1990 for her first short story. Her second story, "Fur," was selected by Tobias Wolff for Best American Short Stories 1994 and "Her Slow and Steady," was a Distinguished Story in Best American Short Stories 1997. Louis emigrated from Hong Kong at the age of six, and lives on the West Coast.
PRAISE FOR TALKING IN THE DARK "The excitement of reading Laura
Glen Louis' debut story collection . . . derives not only from its
prose but also from the possibilities she sees in her
characters."--The Washington Post Book World
"The individuals in Laura Glen Louis's [collection] are characters
for whom the experience of love demands the ultimate migration-from
safety to omni-present danger. . . . Superb and wise stories."--The
New York Times Book Review
"Louis' sophisticated and fluid use of a shifting point-of-view
works to underscore the complexity of what might at first appear to
be a simple tale."--San Francisco Chronicle
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Louis, winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for her first short story in 1990, here presents a stunning new collection. Like their author, who emigrated from Hong Kong at the age of six, many of the characters are Chinese American. But the tales she spins are universal ones of love and loss. In "Her Slow and Steady," a couple struggle to put their lives back together after losing to crib death a child it took seven years to conceive. "Thirty Yards" tells of a teenage girl simultaneously discovering the joys of young love and the darkness of obsession when a spurned lover stalks her. In the title story, Claire meets Russell when he substitutes for her regular doctor. She finds in him first a tenderness that her regular doctor lacks and then a tenderness lacking from other aspects of her life. Highly recommended for general fiction collections.DDebbie Bogenschutz, Cincinnati State Technical & Community Coll. Lib. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
PRAISE FOR TALKING IN THE DARK "The excitement of
reading Laura Glen Louis' debut story collection . . . derives not
only from its prose but also from the possibilities she sees in her
characters."--The Washington Post Book World
"The individuals in Laura Glen Louis's [collection] are characters
for whom the experience of love demands the ultimate migration-from
safety to omni-present danger. . . . Superb and wise
stories."--The New York Times Book Review
"Louis' sophisticated and fluid use of a shifting point-of-view
works to underscore the complexity of what might at first appear to
be a simple tale."--San Francisco Chronicle
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