Bronze

by Jeffrey Eugenides

Free online fiction from the New Yorker. Published in 2018.

Genres: Short Stories, LGBT, Fiction

34 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 29, 2018

About the author

Jeffrey Kent Eugenides is an American author. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002), and The Marriage Plot (2011). The Virgin Suicides served as the basis of the 1999 film of the same name, while Middlesex received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in addition to being a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, and France's Prix Médicis.

Reviews

[E8RaH!M · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Bronze” by Jeffrey Eugenides is a tender, haunting portrait of identity, longing, and self-discovery. Set against the backdrop of 1970s New York, it follows a young man's blurred journey through sexuality, art, and memory. With lyrical prose and emotional depth, the story reveals the quiet ache of becoming.

[Daniel Pojda ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5 ⭐️

[Eithan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story that somehow resembles the storyline of Catcher in the Rye. I didn't feel too attached to the main characters but that might be because i've grew too old. Still 1 of the better stories in the 2019 collection of short stories

[Mind the Book · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ceci n'est pas the öppningsmening, men den förekommer i inledningspassagerna: "It was a late-November afternoon, in the confusing year of 1978, and Eugene was headed back to school after a wild weekend exploring the demimonde."

Främlingar på tåg. Den ene, den identitetssökande, incidentally, bär rosa solglasögon, Liberace-fuskpäls och en latinbok. Det räcker för mig. Jag är fast, trots otäck carpe diem-gråzon senare och värre än så.

Älskar berättelser från New York sent 70- eller tidigt 80-tal. Ordnörderi och perspektivflätningar, très Eugenides. I Toronto besökte jag gatan där the Lisbons hus låg vid tiden för filmningen av The Virgin Suicides, så han var nog top of mind när jag skulle leta litteratur senare i november.

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[Andrew Jiang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enthralling. Some beautiful passages.

"At nine, her mother watches from her wheelchair
As she dips and leaps and pirouettes.
This girl, once curled inside a body
now curling in on itself
has been commissioned, on a patch of floor
in Scarsdale
to move for both of them."

Do we trust Eugene? His conviction to pick Celebration over Sensitivity or Ardor is revealing. Does Kent knowingly lie to his ex, or has he deluded himself? I don't love the stereotype of age gaps among gay men, but it does lead to an important theme for the whole short story.

[jodi watson · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a short story - that at times was difficult to follow with character changes - interesting plot, thought provoking, typical jeffrey eugenides.

[Reagan Makenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've reread this story like four times

[Joanna Sui · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ily jeffrey ♡

[jane mast · Rating 5 out of 5]

identity is so terribly complex