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What is A Better Angel about?

The stories in *A Better Angel* describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In “Stab,” a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. In “Why Antichrist?” a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. In the remarkable title story, a ne’er do well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily-disappointed heavenly agent.With *Gob’s Grief* and *The Children’s Hospital*, Chris Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in *A Better Angel*, some of which have appeared in *The* *New Yorker*, *Tin House*, and *McSweeney’s*, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice—of heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic tales.Wörter : 73183eboox : (retail)

Author

Adrian, Chris

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847084989

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.85 / 5 (595 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14