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      The Brutal Language of Love

      by Alicia Erian
      Published
      Apr 2001
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      Alicia Erian's characters are brave, disarming, affectionate, and deeply flawed. They inhabit the not-so-very-wide space between a good intention and a bad outcome. In "Alcatraz," we meet a middle-school spelling champion who spends her afternoons taking baths with the boy next door. In "Almonds and Cherries," a young woman turns an unexpectedly arousing bra-shopping experience into a short film, with ramifications for everyone around her. In "On the Occasion of My Ruination," a college-bound student plots to lose her virginity to a pizza parlor waiter. The Brutal Language of Love challenges traditional notions of right and wrong with what has become Erian's signature -- an achingly stylish humor and a deep understanding of the brutal truth about human nature. These surprising, provocative, and deeply resonant stories marked the emergence of a major talent

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      Jun 2002 Random House ISBN13 9780375760334 ISBN10 0375760334
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      First Edition Apr 2001 Villard ISBN13 9780375504785 ISBN10 0375504788
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      Jul 2008 Simon & Schuster ISBN13 9781416597131 ISBN10 1416597131
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      Jul 2008 Simon & Schuster ISBN10 B001BU8E2Y
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