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'Sorry Please Thank You': Technically, We're All Alone
by NPR Staff
Smartphones and tablets just need a flick of a finger to keep us updated about news and friends anytime, anywhere. As much as we're connected, though, we're also detached. That's a big theme in a new book of short stories by author Charles Yu.
Book Reviews
Experimental Fiction At Its Finest — And Funniest
by Alan Cheuse
Charles Yu's collection Sorry Please Thank You embraces the tradition of experimental fiction that dates back to Gertrude Stein, playfully spinning fictions with a speculative edge. NPR critic Alan Cheuse says he's the best "story-bending talent" since George Saunders.
Three Books...
Try And Try Again: 3 Tales Of Spectacular Failure
by Lysley Tenorio
Fold, founder, flop: That's what the protagonists of these three books do well. Author Lysley Tenorio recommends stories about men whose good intentions are undeniable, if not always admirable. Have a favorite story about failure? Tell us what it is in the comments below.
Book Reviews
Time-Traveling Dropout Rules 'Fictional Universe'
by Glen Weldon
In How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu grafts the laws of theoretical physics onto the yearnings of the human heart. His time paradoxes are playful and clever — but he also describes a universe-wide emotional gap with a haunting, melancholic air.
Summer Books 2008: Excerpts
Excerpt: 'Third Class Superhero'
by Charles Yu
Charles Yu's collection of short stories explores issues of identity and choice through empathetic characters like low-level superhero Moisture Man.
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