The Best of Animals: Stories

by Lauren Grodstein

220pages. poche. Poche.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Lauren Grodstein is the author of the upcoming A Dog in Georgia, the Read with Jenna pick We Must Not Think of Ourselves and the New York Times bestselling A Friend of the Family.. She directs the MFA program at Rutgers University-Camden.

Reviews

[eb · Rating 2 out of 5]

Instantly forgettable.

[Agoaye Martin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un recueil de nouvelles d'une lecture agréable malgré une certaine hétérogénéité de qualité.
Le fil conducteur ne m'est apparu qu'à la fin, l'ensemble étant assez brouillon.

[Nick]

Your class is showing.

All these characters do is eat bagel and lie.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well-written collection of short stories about twenty-somethings in the greater New York area. I particularly enjoyed the references to specific areas of Queens, such as Astoria, and places in Brooklyn.

[Chuck Gorman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Confession. I'm a short-story nerd. This collection is so good it's frightening. Family Vacation is the craziest, funniest, anxiety producing of the group. I've read that story alone about ten times. She just nailed it.

[Lesley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book of 10 short stories about people. Most real interesting.