· THE ACCOMPLISHED GUEST Stories By Ann Beattie pp. Scribner. $ Ann Beattie’s distinguished career extends back 40 years to her debut collection, “Distortions,” which documented, with Author: Christopher Benfey. · 2 of 3 Anne Beattie Sigrid Estrada Show More Show Less. 3 of 3. Ever the ironist, Ann Beattie opens her new collection, “The Accomplished Guest,” with a Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Surprising and revealing, set along the East Coast from Maine to Key West, Ann Beattie's astutely observed new collection explores unconventional friendships, frustrated loves, mortality, and aging. One theme of The Accomplished Guest is people paying visits or receiving visitors, traveling to see old friends, the joys and tolls of hosting company (and of being hosted).
The Accomplished Guest. Ann Beattie. Simon and Schuster "Maybe I'll write a story," says Maude at the end of 'The Indian Uprising', The Accomplished Guest's opening text. "A lot of people do that when they can't seem to figure out who or what they love." Regardless of whether such thoughts were behind Ann Beattie's decision. The stories in The Accomplished Guest are marked by an undercurrent of loss and an unexpected element of violence, with Beattie's signature mordant humor woven throughout. Some characters provide welcome diversions; others are uninvited interruptions; all are indelibly drawn by the endlessly amusing and accomplished Ann Beattie. The stories in The Accomplished Guest are marked by an undercurrent of loss and an unexpected element of violence, with Beattie\'s signature mordant humor woven throughout. Some characters provide welcome diversions, others are uninvited interruptions, all are indelibly drawn by the endlessly amusing and accomplished Ann Beattie.
Surprising and revealing, set along the East Coast from Maine to Key West, Ann Beattie's astutely observed new collection explores unconventional friendships, frustrated loves, mortality, and aging. One theme of The Accomplished Guest is people paying visits or receiving visitors, traveling to see old friends, the joys and tolls of hosting company (and of being hosted). THE ACCOMPLISHED GUEST Stories By Ann Beattie pp. Scribner. $ Ann Beattie’s distinguished career extends back 40 years to her debut collection, “Distortions,” which documented, with. “Ann Beattie slips into a short story as flawlessly as Audrey Hepburn wore a Givenchy gown” (O, The Oprah Magazine), and the pieces in The Accomplished Guest—featuring recent O. Henry, Pushcart, and Best American Short Story selections—are marked by an undercurrent of loss and an unexpected element of violence, with Beattie’s signature mordant humor woven throughout. Some guests provide welcome diversions, others are uninvited interruptions, all are indelibly drawn.
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