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The Emerald Light in the Air gathers the dozen short stories Donald Antrim published in The New York Magazine over a span of fifteen years, bringing together a portrait of city life that is at once humorous and heartbreaking. The narrator’s characters—artists, writers, lawyers, teachers and actors—face their own uncooperative selves while navigating everyday moments, from smoking in a party to walking down Madison Avenue. Antrim’s precise prose moves the reader between light‑hearted scenes and moments of despair, while always pointing toward a city that is both beautiful and menacing. Critics have praised the collection for its mix of comedy and pathos, and the book is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary American short‑story collections.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Donald Antrim
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