Yesterday's Weather

Includes Taking Pictures and Other Stories

By Anne Enright | Publisher: Random House

About the book

'Shockingly beautiful and painfully funny' Observer

A pregnant woman is stuck in a slow lift with a tactile American stranger. A naked mother changes a nappy in a hotel bedroom and waits for her husband to come back from the bar. A woman's one night stand is illuminated by dreams of a young boy on a cliff road, another’s thwarted by a swarm of somnolent bees.

These are stories of women stirred, bothered, or fascinated by men they cannot understand, or understand too well. Their characters are haunted by the ghosts of the lives they might have led - lit by new flames, old flames, and flames that are guttering out. These are sharp, vivid tales of loss and yearning, of surrender to responsibilities or to unexpected delight. All share the unsettling, dislocated reality, the subversive wit and awkward tenderness that have marked Anne Enright as one of our most thrillingly gifted writers.

Editions of Yesterday's Weather

Paperback
ISBN 9780099520993
EBook
ISBN 9781409016427

Read an Excerpt

'Shockingly beautiful and painfully funny' Observer

A pregnant woman is stuck in a slow lift with a tactile American stranger. A naked mother changes a nappy in a hotel bedroom and waits for her husband to come back from the bar. A woman's one night stand is illuminated by dreams of a young boy on a cliff road, another’s thwarted by a swarm of somnolent bees.

These are stories of women stirred, bothered, or fascinated by men they cannot understand, or understand too well. Their characters are haunted by the ghosts of the lives they might have led - lit by new flames, old flames, and flames that are guttering out. These are sharp, vivid tales of loss and yearning, of surrender to responsibilities or to unexpected delight. All share the unsettling, dislocated reality, the subversive wit and awkward tenderness that have marked Anne Enright as one of our most thrillingly gifted writers.

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'Shockingly beautiful and painfully funny' Observer

A pregnant woman is stuck in a slow lift with a tactile American stranger. A naked mother changes a nappy in a hotel bedroom and waits for her husband to come back from the bar. A woman's one night stand is illuminated by dreams of a young boy on a cliff road, another’s thwarted by a swarm of somnolent bees.

These are stories of women stirred, bothered, or fascinated by men they cannot understand, or understand too well. Their characters are haunted by the ghosts of the lives they might have led - lit by new flames, old flames, and flames that are guttering out. These are sharp, vivid tales of loss and yearning, of surrender to responsibilities or to unexpected delight. All share the unsettling, dislocated reality, the subversive wit and awkward tenderness that have marked Anne Enright as one of our most thrillingly gifted writers.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Yesterday's Weather?

Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

Where can I read a sample of Yesterday's Weather?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780099520993

How long is Yesterday's Weather and how many pages does it have?

Yesterday's Weather has 320 page(s)

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Yesterday's Weather?

Anne Enright

Who is the Publisher of the book Yesterday's Weather?

Random House

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Yesterday's Weather is available as paperback(ISBN 9780099520993) and ebook(ISBN 9781409016427)

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