Description
Set against the colorful, yet sometimes strangely cold, backdrop of
Manhattan, the stories in this collection are peopled with a very
particular breed of heroes, not quite what they're fighting for. Here
you will find characters in progress, people still getting to who they
are: a self-conscious student who feels incomplete without a partner, a
talented artist blind to the beauty of his own work, a couple who can't
bring their love of an idealized past into the present, and an unstable
woman whose breakdown causes those around her to realize their own
frailty. These everyday heroes all have their own flaws and failings,
all fall short time and time again, but struggle on, after worthy but
elusive ideals: a sense of self, and a connection to the world around
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!
(customer review)