Sweet Nothing
Stories
by Richard Lange
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Pub Date Feb 10 2015 | Archive Date Mar 10 2015
Description
In these gripping and intense stories, Richard Lange returns to the form that first landed him on the literary map.
These are edge-of-your-seat tales: A prison guard must protect an inmate being tried for heinous crimes. A father and son set out to rescue a young couple trapped during a wildfire. An ex-con trying to make good as a security guard stumbles onto a burglary plot. A young father must submit to blackmail to protect the fragile life he's built.
Sweet Nothing is an unforgettable collection that shows once again why T.C. Boyle wrote, "Lange's stories combine the truth-telling and immediacy of Raymond Carver with the casual hip of Denis Johnson. There is a potent artistic sensibility at work here" (on Dead Boys).
Advance Praise
“The stories are vivid. . . . What comes across is the human animal’s capacity for perseverance in the face of failure. . . . You know you’re in the hands of an expert. . . . This is the kind of book you’ll want to savor.” —Lisa L. Kirchner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Richard Lange's stories are a revelation. He writes of the disaffections and bewilderments of ordinary lives with as keen an anger and searing lyricism as anybody out there today. He is Raymond Carver reborn in a hard cityscape. Read him and be amazed." —T.C. Boyle, author of San Miguel
“For all the darkness that runs through the stories, Lange maintains a disarmingly light touch. . . . These tales are not far removed from the classic stories of O. Henry and Guy de Maupassant.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Utterly believable postcards from the edge; for those who like their realism not so magical but right there at street level.” —Library Journal
"What makes this collection a wonderful read is that it's only marginally akin to anything else. Swift, gut-wrenching, and sometimes cleverly disarming fiction by a master."—Joe R. Lansdale, author of The Thicket and Edge of Dark Water
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780316327541 |
| PRICE | $26.00 (USD) |
Average rating from 14 members
Featured Reviews
Beena K, Reviewer
I need to confess I did something I hadn't done since way back when I first discovered the addictiveness of reading. I gorged on this book. Meaning that when I saw I had little time and no guarantee that I would have another reading break for an undetermined period and was unwilling to leave these characters and story to rest, at the 7% mark I started skimming over the book, reading bits and pieces of it until I got a partial picture and was somewhat appeased.
Don't judge, I know I shouldn't have done it. I wasn't even going to start this book for few days because I needed a break from reading. But once I picked this up I couldn't put it down.
Now that I have fully read this book, I feel free to say I loved it and I have a lot of things to say about it. Let’s see if I don’t mess up my original pre-review.
I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed reading this book. It was sweet, provocatively steamy, and absolutely swoony. It gave me some sad tears but mostly huge smiles. It was truly a celebration of the best emotions overcoming the sad, painful and ugly ones.
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