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The safety of objects : [screenplay]

The breakthrough story collection that established A. M. Homes as one of the most daring writers of her generation ? Originally published in 1990 to wide critical acclaim, this extraordinary first collection of stories by A. M. Homes confronts the real and the surreal on even terms to create a disturbing and sometimes hilarious vision of the American dream. Included here are "Adults Alone," in which a couple drops their kids off at Grandma's and gives themselves over to ten days of Nintendo, porn videos, and crack; "A Real Doll," in which a girl's blond Barbie doll seduces her teenaged brother; and "Looking for Johnny," in which a kidnapped boy, having failed to meet his abductor's expectations, is returned home. These stories, by turns satirical, perverse, unsettling, and utterly believable, expose the dangers of ordinary life even as their characters stay hidden behind the disguises they have so carefully created.

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  • "The breakthrough story collection that established A. M. Homes as one of the most daring writers of her generation ? Originally published in 1990 to wide critical acclaim, this extraordinary first collection of stories by A. M. Homes confronts the real and the surreal on even terms to create a disturbing and sometimes hilarious vision of the American dream. Included here are "Adults Alone," in which a couple drops their kids off at Grandma's and gives themselves over to ten days of Nintendo, porn videos, and crack; "A Real Doll," in which a girl's blond Barbie doll seduces her teenaged brother; and "Looking for Johnny," in which a kidnapped boy, having failed to meet his abductor's expectations, is returned home. These stories, by turns satirical, perverse, unsettling, and utterly believable, expose the dangers of ordinary life even as their characters stay hidden behind the disguises they have so carefully created."@en
  • "Published to overwhelming critical acclaim, this extraordinary collection of short stories established A.M. Homes as one of the most provocative and daring writers of her generation. Here you'll find the cult classic A Real Doll, the tale of a teenage boy's erotic obsession with his sister's favorite doll; Adults Alone, which first introduced Paul and Elaine, the crack smoking yuppie couple whose marriage careens out of control in Homes's novel Music for Torching; and Looking for Johnny, in which a kidnapped boy having failed his abductor's expectations, is returned home. Brilliantly conceived sharply etched, and exceptionally satisfying these stories explore the American dream in ways you're not likely soon to forget. Working in Kodacolor hues, Homes offers an uncanny pictures of a surreal suburbia outrageous and utterly believable."@en
  • "Describes unexpected instabilities of seemingly ordinary middle-class American life."

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  • "Psychological fiction, American"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Motion picture plays"@en
  • "Short stories"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "La sicurezza degli oggetti"@it
  • "La sicurezza degli oggetti"
  • "The safety of objects : [screenplay]"@en
  • "The Safety of Objects Stories"@en
  • "Samul ŭi anjŏnsŏng : A.M. Homsŭ sosŏl"
  • "사물의 안전성 : A.M. 홈스 소설"
  • "The safety of objects : stories"
  • "De veiligheid der dingen : verhalen"
  • "The safety of objects"@en
  • "The safety of objects"

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