The Love Life Of An Assistant Animator & Other Stories

In this long-awaited collection of short fiction by the author of Mariana and Our Lady of the Artichokes, beauty is continually and painfully present in all places--in a Thanksgiving dinner assembled by a widowed DMV worker being stalked by an irate customer; in a middle-aged Hollywood actress who captivates a young studio animator for decades; in the aftermath of an unthinkable tragedy; and in a daughter's memories of the ethereal, melting ice sculptures made by a woman embroiled in an affair with a wealthy lawyer. Amid their complex, turbulent relationships in a chronic state of crisis, Katherine Vaz's wise and restless protagonists carry within them the seeds of a vanished, gracious world of urbane dinner parties and passionate affairs--a humane and cultured civilization whose flawed inhabitants are redeemed by their ability to blend the aesthetic imperative with the power to love.

• | Author: Katherine Vaz
• | Publisher: Tailwinds Press Enterprises Llc
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 246 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0996717560
• | ISBN-13: 9780996717564