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When Ann Beattie began publishing short stories in *The New Yorker *in the mid-seventies, she emerged with a voice so original, and so uncannily precise and prescient in its assessment of her characters’ drift and narcissism, that she was instantly celebrated as a voice of her generation. Her name became an adjective: *Beattiesque*. Subtle, wry, and unnerving, she is a master observer of the unraveling of the American family, and also of the myriad small occurrences and affinities that unite us. Her characters, over nearly four decades, have moved from lives of fickle desire to the burdens and inhibitions of adulthood and on to failed aspirations, sloppy divorces, and sometimes enlightenment, even grace.Each Beattie story, says Margaret Atwood, is "like a fresh bulletin from the front: we snatch it up, eager to know what’s happening out there on the edge of that shifting and dubious no-man’s-land known as interpersonal relations." With an unparalleled gift for dialogue and laser wit, she delivers flash reports on the cultural landscape of her time. *Ann Beattie: The New Yorker Stories *is the perfect initiation for readers new to this iconic American writer and a glorious return fo

Who reads What Was Mine?

Author

Beattie, Ann

Publisher

Scribner

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439168745

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.81 / 5 (769 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14