Showing results for "Brain" in Literary Fiction

ବିୟତପ୍ରଜ୍ଞା ତ୍ରିପାଠୀ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଗଳ୍ପରଚନାରେ ଜଣେ ବ୍ୟତିକ୍ରମ ଲେଖିକା! କାହାଣୀରେ ସେ ଖୁବ ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟବାଦୀ ଓ ସେଥିପାଇଁ ତାଙ୍କର...

"In the face of tragedy, Dess’s narrator memorably dramatizes the anxiety-inducing exigencies of the creative arts, and the need of artists to remain focussed on their craft." —The New Yorker “Ms. Dess shrewdly explores the intersections between intimacy and possession.” —The Wall...

Populating a small town in the Pacific Northwest, the characters in Lucia Perillo’s story collection all resist giving the world what it expects of them - and are surprised when the world comes roaring back. An addict trapped in a country house becomes obsessed with vacuum cleaners and the people who sell them door-to-door. An abandoned woman seeks consolation in tales of armed robbery told by one of her fellow housewives. Together, Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain is a sharp-edged, witty testament to the ambivalence of emotions.