Apocalypse Then by Rick DeMarinis - ISBN: 9781583226377
Hardcover
New collection of stories from a writer whose “art…is of a very high order”–Russell Banks in New York Times

Apocalypse Then

Stories

$47.24

  • Hardcover

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2011

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Summary

Despite the world’s insecurities, the most common drama of all is not of apocalypse now, but of apocalypse deferred; the pain of living is having to wait it out. In Apocalypse Then, DeMarinis’s characters try alcohol, they try travel, and (most of all) they try off-limits love. They find themselves in harm’s way, or put themselves there-but in life, as the title story states, “sometimes the worst doesn’t happen.”

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781583226377
ISBN-10:1583226370
Author:Rick DeMarinis
Publisher:Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Imprint:Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:1 August 2011
Weight:439g
Dimensions:210mm x 140mm
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Critics Review

“However similar the existential suffering of his characters, DeMarinis expertly probes the contours of their condition. You simply can’t move your eyes from the page.” - Mark Smirnoff, New York Times Book Review; “Rick DeMarinis has long been one of my favourite writers; wherever he has cast his gaze, he has taught me something new about the way he sees things” - Robert Olen Butler

About The Author

Rick DeMarinis

Rick DeMarinis was the highly acclaimed author of ten novels, includingThe Year of the Zinc Penny, aNew York TimesNotable book, and six short story col-lections, includingApocalypse ThenandBorrowed Hearts. In 1990, he received a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Each year,Cutthroat- A Journal of the Arts, awards a short story prize in his name. Rick passed away on June 12, 2019.

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