The Heroes & Other Stories

By Kat Hausler

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Language: English Not Rated (NR)

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Set against the colorful, yet sometimes strangely cold, backdrop ofManhattan, the stories in this collection are peopled with a veryparticular breed of heroes, not quite what they're fighting for. Hereyou will find characters in progress, people still getting to who theyare: a self-conscious student who feels incomplete without a partner, atalented artist blind to the beauty of his own work, a couple who can'tbring their love of an idealized past into the present, and an unstablewoman whose breakdown causes those around her to realize their ownfrailty. These everyday heroes all have their own flaws and failings,all fall short time and time again, but struggle on, after worthy butelusive ideals: a sense of self, and a connection to the world aroundthem.

The Story Behind This Book

This is a collection of short fiction I began writing while living in New York, but edited and had published after moving to Berlin, where I could look at the experience of life in Manhattan at a distance. The stories are about figuring things out, the right questions as much as their answers, and a lot of cliches about finding yourself that aren't cliches when you're living them.

Praise and Reviews

I loved The Heroes and Other Stories. Kat Hausler does an incredible job of making each character seem real and significant. Her stories are almost haunting and leave you thinking about what occurred long after reading the last word. My favorite one was the title story, The Heroes, with Peripeteia at a very close second. I could read these stories again and again!

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