Exit Zero: Stories
A master class in book structure. At its core are the small, quirky details we all either pick up or drop in the course of a day, rising to the struggles between and within ourselves that we depend on to stay vital ... Within these stories is a deep understanding that the things we do to stave off the madness of life ... Has a spontaneous and intense energy ... Nothing is clear, and yet the ending feels, somehow, right — rather than handing itself off easily.
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Rooted in a profoundly earthy tenderness for the human condition ... With winsome wildness, capturing the uncapturable, Bertino offers up marvels on every page.
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Potent and darkly funny ... Delightfully bizarre ... Each story is driven by energetic pacing, quick wit, and surprising twists. Bertino once again displays her formidable talent for the uncanny.
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