Twilight of the Superheroes

deborah eisenberg

Deborah Eisenberg is nearly unmatched in her mastery of the short-story form. Now, in her newest collection, she demonstrates once again her virtuosic abilities in precisely distilled, perfectly shaped studies of human connection and disconnection. From a group of friends whose luck in acquiring a luxurious Manhattan sublet turns to disaster as their balcony becomes a front-row seat to the catastrophe of 9/11, to the too painful love of a brother for his schizophrenic sister, Eisenberg brilliantly "illustrates the lives of people rubbed raw by what the fates have sent them" ( Vanity Fair ).

Genres short storiesfictionliterary fictionliteraturethe united states of americashort story collectioncontemporary21st centurycomicsnew york

225 pages, Paperback

First published January 24,2006

Literary awards

pen/faulkner award for fiction,

This edition

Format: 225 pages, Paperback
Published: January 23, 2007 by Picador
ISBN: 9780312425937
ASIN: 0312425937
Language: English

About the author

deborah eisenberg

Born in Chicago, Eisenberg moved to New York City in the 1960's where she has lived ever since. She also teaches at the University of Virginia. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Yale Review, Vanity Fair, and Tin House. She has won the Rea Award for the Short Story, a Whiting Writer's Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and three O. Henry Awards.