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The Brutal Language of Love

By: Alicia Erian
Narrated by: Zein Khleif
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Summary

Alicia Erian's characters are brave, disarming, affectionate, and deeply flawed. They inhabit the not-so-very-wide space between a good intention and a bad outcome. In "Alcatraz", we meet a middle-school spelling champion who spends her afternoons taking baths with the boy next door. In "Almonds and Cherries", a young woman turns an unexpectedly arousing bra-shopping experience into a short film, with ramifications for everyone around her. In "On the Occasion of My Ruination", a college-bound student plots to lose her virginity to a pizza-parlor waiter. The Brutal Language of Love challenges traditional notions of right and wrong with what has become Erian's signature—an achingly stylish humor and a deep understanding of the brutal truth about human nature. These surprising, provocative, and deeply resonant stories marked the emergence of a major talent.

©2001 Alicia Erian (P)2023 Audible, Inc.
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