Whats Important Is Feeling: Stories

What's Important Is Feeling

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So, give it a library try, and see what you think. I don't think I'd recommend anyone spend actual money to have this on his shelf. Dec 31, David Macpherson rated it it was ok. A collection of short stories where middle classed guys usually Jewish, usually from New England live unhappy existences, do a lot of a drugs, pine for girls, feel awkward, and end unfullfilled; a few end with epilogues talking about crappy jobs and doomed marriages. It kind of wore me down. The writer is good at getting you into a story, but they tend not to be places I like to be. The writing is smooth and funny, I just felt I was reading the same story over and over.

Two stories were better A collection of short stories where middle classed guys usually Jewish, usually from New England live unhappy existences, do a lot of a drugs, pine for girls, feel awkward, and end unfullfilled; a few end with epilogues talking about crappy jobs and doomed marriages. Two stories were better, the title story and one about investment bankers losing their job during the financial collapse; these two were weighed down by the others. Mar 28, Abby rated it liked it Shelves: This was an uneven short story collection.

Some of the stories were beautifully written, and left you in a haze of thoughtful melancholy. Others were juvenile, written in a format or with prose designed more to shock or challenge rather than elucidate.

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Wilson is at his best when he describes the emotions and angst of young men. He authentically captures the dialogue and frustrations of educated, privileged young men who are nevertheless at a loss for what to do or feel - or how to achieve happine This was an uneven short story collection. He authentically captures the dialogue and frustrations of educated, privileged young men who are nevertheless at a loss for what to do or feel - or how to achieve happiness. In his best stories, Wilson manages to draw the reader into the intricacies of esoteric subjects, even if you had not initially cared for them.

Feb 06, Tuck rated it really liked it Shelves: Jan 08, Richard Epstein rated it liked it. These are good stories, and Mr Wilson writes well in a smooth and telling prose.

They suffer from what would once have been called New Yorker -itis, an excess of ironic distance, as though all the characters were looked at too closely from too great a distance. It's a defect, even when it lies at the heart of the writer's style. I was sent this book in exchange for my review. Sep 21, Emily rated it liked it. Related too much to some of these middle class fuck ups and their existential angst.

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Accurate for their male type but often annoyingly reductive portraits of women from these narrators. May 20, Kay rated it it was ok. Wilson often alludes to the social class of his characters--Wall Street types vs. There's some heart here, which is nice, and some humor too, but I just didn't love it. Dec 17, Katie Coxall rated it it was ok. Feb 18, Marvin rated it it was ok Shelves: Stories I wanted to like much more than I liked, I guess.

Prose is enjoyable at times. The stories largely feel half-realized, however, all too often false-starting or fizzling. They repetitively cover the same ground, much of it unfortunately bro-y. May 14, Alexandra rated it liked it Shelves: A collection of dark, angsty stories written in the very recognizable voice of the contemporary unfulfilled, intoxicated twenty-something man-child. Mar 05, Julcsi rated it it was amazing.

Mar 14, Mikki marked it as to-read. For sure reading this. Feb 25, Ben Brackett rated it liked it.

While I liked it, the reason I didn't like it more is because there were really no arcs, just moments about the characters. May 10, G Lee rated it did not like it.

Pretty awful collection of short stories. BrianRocha rated it really liked it Nov 02, Chuck Pedroza rated it liked it Oct 01, KW rated it it was amazing Sep 03, There are no discussion topics on this book yet. In he received the Terry Southern Prize, which recognizes "wit, panache, and sprezzatura" in work published Adam Wilson is the author of the novel Flatscreen, a National Jewish Book Award finalist, and the collection of short stories What's Important Is Feeling.

In he received the Terry Southern Prize, which recognizes "wit, panache, and sprezzatura" in work published by The Paris Review. Books by Adam Wilson.

Trivia About What's Important No trivia or quizzes yet. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. What this amounts to is a collection in which each story is an echo of the previous one. They aren't carbon copies, but they aren't wholly different either. Some people prefer this type of cohesiveness; I don't happen to be one of them. And I can't ignore the fact that Adam Wilson just so happens to be a young Jewish male living on the east coast, which only further adds to the "is this story about you" topic that readers so often pose to authors.

Don't get me wrong, Adam Wilson can write The credentials are there, having been published in The Paris Review , VICE , and Tin House , but I suspect these stories worked better in the context of a literary magazine than a collection.

Once combined, they lose all contrast and assume a sort of generic quality. I never found myself hating or loving any of them, but feeling lukewarm about something can be just as dangerous as loathing. Wilson's prose is solid, he definitely knows how to capture the character of a young twenty-something, but I wanted a little more variety out of him.

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The clear stand-out for me was the title story, "What's Important Is Feeling", a piece that actually takes place on the west coast. It reminded me of an article that was written about The Canyons some time ago, which mostly documented how everything about that movie was going to shit. I quite enjoyed it. I was distracted by nail polish; I daintily painted.

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I like its bleachy smell and the way it slowly hardened on my blistered skin and shined. Like I want to stop time and spend seven years in medical school so I can save her life if she happens to get stung and goes into anaphylactic shock. Nathaniel had gotten me the gig.

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