"Death." . . "FICTION Short Stories (single author)" . . "Erzählung." . . "Death Fiction." . . . . . "Un ange meilleur : nouvelles" . . "Een betere engel" . . . . "The stories in A Better Angel describe the terrain of human suffering'illness, regret, mourning, sympathy'in the most unusual of ways. In \"Stab,\" a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. In \"Why Antichrist'\" a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. In the remarkable title story, a ne'er do well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily-disappointed heavenly agent. With Gob's Grief and The Children's Hospital, Chris Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in A Better Angel, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, and McSweeney's, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice'of heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic tales."@en . "Fiction" . . "Fiction"@en . . "Short stories" . "Short stories"@en . . . . . . . . . . "4x Chris Adrian" . . . . "A volume of short works includes tales about a bereaved twin who starts a volatile friendship in pursuit of his dead brother, and a boy who tries to contact his dead father's spirit only to find himself talking to the devil." . "A volume of short works includes tales about a bereaved twin who starts a volatile friendship in pursuit of his dead brother, and a boy who tries to contact his dead father's spirit only to find himself talking to the devil."@en . . . . . . . "A better angel stories"@en . . "A better angel stories" . . . "Ein besserer Engel" . "Fantasy fiction"@en . "Fantasy fiction" . "Ein besserer Engel : Erzählungen" . . . "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945" . "Electronic books"@en . . "Un Ange Meilleur" . . . "A better angel : stories"@en . "Magisch-realistische verhalen waarin mensen soms op extreme wijze hun verdriet proberen te overwinnen." . "A better angel : stories" . . . . . "A Better angel : stories" . "A better angel"@en . . "A Better Angel"@en . . "The stories in \"A Better Angel\" describe the terrain of human suffering--illness, regret, mourning, sympathy--in the most unusual of ways, from an author heralded for his wit and inventiveness." . "Adrian, Chris" . . "Short stories." . . "Englisch." . . "Fictional Works." . .