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If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This

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By Robin Black

By Robin Black

By Robin Black

By Robin Black

By Robin Black
Read by Mark Deakins, Kimberly Farr, Ann Marie Lee and Kirsten Potter

By Robin Black
Read by Mark Deakins, Kimberly Farr, Ann Marie Lee and Kirsten Potter

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Apr 26, 2011 | ISBN 9780812980684

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    About If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This

    FINALIST FOR THE FRANK O’CONNOR SHORT STORY AWARD

    NOW WITH AN ADDITIONAL STORY

    Heralding the arrival of a stunning new voice in American fiction, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This takes readers into the minds and hearts of people navigating the unsettling transitions that life presents to us all: A father struggles to forge an independent identity as his blind daughter prepares for college. A mother comes to terms with her adult daughter’s infidelity. An artist mourns the end of a romance while painting the portrait of a dying man. Brilliant, hopeful, and fearlessly honest, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This illuminates the truths of human relationships, truths we come to recognize in these characters and in ourselves.

    About If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This

    FINALIST FOR THE FRANK O’CONNOR SHORT STORY AWARD

    NOW WITH AN ADDITIONAL STORY.

    Heralding the arrival of a stunning new voice in American fiction, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This takes readers into the minds and hearts of people navigating the unsettling transitions that life presents to us all: A father struggles to forge an independent identity as his blind daughter prepares for college. A mother comes to terms with her adult daughter’s infidelity. An artist mourns the end of a romance while painting the portrait of a dying man. Brilliant, hopeful, and fearlessly honest, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This illuminates the truths of human relationships, truths we come to recognize in these characters and in ourselves. 

    BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robin Black’s Life Drawing.

    Look for the If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This discussion guide inside.

    Praise for If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This

    “I want to shout about how just when you thought no one could write a story with any tinge of freshness let alone originality about childhood. . . about marriage . . . about old age, Black has done it. . . . Black delivers real emotion, the kind that gives you pause. . . . Will Robin Black win [the Pen/Hemingway Prize] for this book? If I were a judge, she would.”—Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune 

    “Pitch-perfect . . . so deft, so understated, and so compelling that you have to slow down to savor each vignette. . . . Fans of Mary Gaitskill, Amy Bloom, and Miranda July will feel like they’ve found gold in a river when they discover Robin Black. . . . [A] writer to watch.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

    “Each story reads like a mini-novel . . . worlds are contained in a single page. And the writing . . . oh, the writing . . . There’s no narrative cohesion, no point.  Rather, If I Loved You is a ‘Fantastic Voyage’ into the bloodstream of the human species. . . . Maybe it’s midlife maturity, maybe it’s raw talent, but If I Loved You leaves you longing for more.”—San Francisco Chronicle

    “Incisive . . . peopled with characters so fully imagined you’ll feel they’re in the room.”—People

    “Exquisitely distilled tales of loss and reckoning . . . [Black] evokes a Sparkian blend of skepticism and grace.”—Vogue

    About If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This

    Heralding the arrival of a stunning new voice in American fiction, Robin Black’s If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This takes readers into the minds and hearts of people navigating the unsettling transitions that life presents to us all.
     
    Written with maturity and insight, and in beautiful, clear-eyed prose, these stories plumb the depths of love, loss, and hope. A father struggles to forge an independent identity as his blind daughter prepares for college. A mother comes to terms with her adult daughter’s infidelity, even as she keeps a disturbing secret of her own. An artist mourns the end of a romance while painting a dying man’s portrait. An accident on a trip to Italy and an unexpected connection with a stranger cause a woman to question her lifelong assumptions about herself.

    Brilliant, hopeful, and fearlessly honest, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This illuminates the truths of human relationships, truths we come to recognize in these characters and in ourselves.

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    About Robin Black

    Robin Black is the author of Life Drawing and the critically acclaimed short story collection If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This, a finalist for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including One Story,… More about Robin Black

    About Robin Black

    Robin Black is the author of Life Drawing and the critically acclaimed short story collection If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This, a finalist for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including One Story,… More about Robin Black

    About Robin Black

    Robin Black is the author of Life Drawing and the critically acclaimed short story collection If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This, a finalist for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including One Story,… More about Robin Black

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Apr 26, 2011 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812980684

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Random House
    Mar 30, 2010 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9780679603689

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Mar 30, 2010 | 519 Minutes | ISBN 9780307736413

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    “Incisive.”—People
     
    “Powerful.”—San Francisco Chronicle
     
    “Pitch-perfect.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
     
    “Sparkling.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
     
    “Original and surprising.”—Chicago Tribune

    “So deft, so understated, and so compelling . . . Fans of Mary Gaitskill, Amy Bloom, and Miranda July will feel like they’ve found gold in a river when they discover Robin Black.” —O: The Oprah Magazine

    “Each story reads like a mini-novel. . . . Worlds are contained in a single page. And the writing . . . oh, the writing.”—San Francisco Chronicle

    “Characters so fully imagined you’ll feel they’re in the room.”—People
      
    “Powerful and touching . . . sparkling with poetic vision.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
     
    “Exquisitely distilled tales of loss and reckoning.”—Vogue

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