Author: Zsuzsi Gartner. Published by Key Porter Books, Toronto, ON., 1999, 1st Edition. Flat SIGNED by the Author on the title page. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with lovely fold-out covers. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8 x 5.25 inch, 198 pages.
ALL THE ANXIOUS GIRLS ON EARTH, Stories by Zsuzsi Gartner, deliciously noisy stories—high octane linguistic rocketry that takes on a world gone numb. Often both achingly poignant and funny, these remarkable tales dazzle with a unique sensibility shot through with intellectual verve and crackling black wit.
At the heart of Zsuzsi Gartner’s exuberant prose is a cri de coeur for personal responsibility as the sun sets on a century in which the media was omnipresent and everyone felt like a victim. There are no innocent bystanders here, though.
A woman calls in fake bomb threats from the nineteenth floor of a bank tower as revenge against her ex-lover. The mother of a girl killed by a teenage urban guerrilla thrives spectacularly in her industrious grief, transforming herself into a forgiveness guru and talk-show host. Lured into the wilderness by her desire for a man who rebuilds vintage airplanes, a young woman finds she lusts more for biscotti and city sidewalks. A small, heroic child makes a guileless request for pajamas and creates a psychic storm at the center of her anxious, achievement-mad, parents’ lives.
