DISORDER by Dan DeWeese
DISORDER by Dan DeWeese
Following publication of DeWeese’s critically-acclaimed debut novel You Don't Love This Man comes this collection of eight stories. DeWeese's characters—fathers and their children, architects and their critics, writers and their fantasies—search for meaning and identity amid the chaos of contemporary life, in which personal and professional failure never seem more than one wrong decision away. In prose that can be subtly humorous or uncompromisingly direct, DeWeese reveals the lives of men under tension, in conflict with society and with themselves. The result is a compelling set of stories about men, women, art, and struggle.
Additional Information
Series: Propeller Books Fiction
ISBN: 9780982770429
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2012
Paperback, 5.25 x 8 in.
PRAISE AND REVIEWS
"No one writes about males and conflict avoidance better...You need a straight-backed chair and a bourbon to read it." —James Bernard Frost, author of A Very Minor Prophet
"DeWeese's stories are as thoughtfully crafted as the buildings they frequently describe. And like extracting meaning from the shape of a building, reading these stories is an exercise in examining the relation of form to function: the walls are sound, the roof keeps the rain off, but there's meaning beyond the purely functional." —Alison Hallett, The Portland Mercury
"Between the lines of DeWeese’s stories are entire novels—busted relationships, custody battles, children lost—but DeWeese only gives us the aftermath, the banter of the victims at a paint store." —The Oregon Book Club
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dan DeWeese's novel, You Don't Love This Man, was a finalist for the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction and a winner of Late Night Library's "Debut-litzer" Prize. His fiction has appeared in publications including Tin House, New England Review, Washington Square, and The Normal School, and he is Editor-in-Chief of Propeller. He lives in Portland, Oregon.