Discomfort
By (Author) Evelyn Hampton
Dzanc Books
Dzanc Books
24th February 2015
United States
Paperback
140
Width 127mm, Height 204mm
171g
Similar to the condensed conceptual slyness of Lydia Davis and the unexpected turns of George Saunders, the neurotic discomforts revealed by Hampton's characters become before our eyes less bizarre and more surprisingly familiar portraits of life in our new age of anxiety.
Evelyn Hampton is the author of the chapbook "We Were Eternal and Gigantic." Her writing can be found in "The Brooklyn Rail," "The Denver Quarterly," "New York Tyrant," "Conjunctions," and other venues. She graduated with an MFA from the Literary Arts program at Brown University.