People Tell Me Things, by David Finkle
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People Tell Me Things, by David Finkle
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David Finkle's 10 exhilarating stories reveal, as critic John Lahr said, the hubbub and variety of Manhattan: "the clash of hilarity and envy, ambition and confusion, energy and terror, grandiosity and exhaustion, gay and straight, chatter and solitude."
People Tell Me Things, by David Finkle- Amazon Sales Rank: #2168983 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-12
- Released on: 2015-05-12
- Format: Kindle eBook
From the Publisher "Finkle is that rare writer who achieves great effects without seeming to try." - Roger Ebert, film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times "Lovely writing, smart and insightful. David Finkle's stories have a wonderful sense of how media types talk and think, and the often unintended consequences of how they behave." - Avery Corman, author of Kramer vs. Kramer "David Finkle's exhilarating first-person stories, you hear the bittersweet hubbub of Manhattan: the clash of hilarity and envy, ambition and confusion, energy and terror, grandiosity and exhaustion, gay and straight, chatter and solitude. In his deft hands, `the isle of joy' becomes the isle of irony. Finkle's droll and knowing prose snaps, crackles, and pops with the high and low brow." - John Lahr, senior drama critic, The New Yorker "What a great pleasure it is to read Finkle's candid stories. In a period when cynicism seems to have literature in a stranglehold, Finkle's modest and pure voice soars." - Daniel Klein, co-author of Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar... Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
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About the Author David Finkle has written for the New York Times, New York Post, Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, The Nation, The New Yorker, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Psychology Today and The Huffington Post. People Tell Me Things is his first collection of stories.David Finkle has covered the arts for The New York Times, The New York Post, The Village Voice, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Nation, The New Yorker, New York, Time Out New York, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and The Huffington Post.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Quiet Ruminations From a Gifted Writer By Grady Harp Let's start with David Finkle whose entertaining volume of conversations and imaginings make up the content of his debut novel PEOPLE TELL ME THINGS. David Finkle wants to be the subject of a novel or novella or even a dissertation on an interesting person - a concept he works into a story that opens this book. But knowing his background should prove that he already IS a person of interest worthy of becoming even the main character of a fiction novel: David Finkle has covered the arts for The New York Times, The New York Post, The Village Voice, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Nation, The New Yorker, New York, Time Out New York, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and The Huffington Post. And if that isn't enough fodder for a series of stories, it would be difficult to find a better feeding trough.It stands to reason that listening to many important people ramble on about their consequential lives would be a resource for tales and Finkle takes that opportunity and runs with it. His writing style is infectious and delicious as he devotes stories to such topics as 'Not Talking' - series of brief but poignant and hilarious (at times) reasons why people fail to talk - from the old excuses of 'it is not my turn to call but yours', to avoiding conversations because of the inevitable responses of one whose opinion is unsolicited, to situations of avoidance in relationships, etc., to the revealing 'Duck, Here Comes Diane Arbus', to sitting in the confessional chair opposite someone whose many indiscretions are being shared - uncomfortably.Some writers create short stories for the punch lines, some for the proof that they can tell a tale in a few brief pages. Finkle seems more interested in examining WHY people do or do not share conversations and unfolds a series of humanistic exposés with seeming complete ease. He has wit, keen observations, a way of mining the gold out of situations that appear to others to be simply mundane, and he also has a very beautiful tenderness, one that he eloquently displays in the story that closes the volume - 'Memorial' - the author's own reminisces of his departed lover in the form of sharing an obituary that in turn shares all the interstices of a long relationship.Doubtless there will be more of these stories soon. It would be difficult to imagine a publisher not nudging David Finkle to have another go at sharing his observations of the human condition. Grady Harp, September 11
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Marvellous stories By Damaskcat These are some of the best literary short stories I have read for a long time. But don't let that word `literary' put you off. They are full of an endearing, gentle humour and knowledge of human nature which makes them a pleasure to read. Set mainly amongst the literary community in New York with almost exclusively male, gay characters the situations and behaviour can still be transposed into almost any community.I read very little American writing and I picked up this book with a certain amount of trepidation as I do not find it easy to relate to life in America and many references pass me by. But these stories are different. The style is `international' to coin a description and could be read and enjoyed anywhere by anyone who understands the English language.Characters do things which later rebound on them in ways they could not have foreseen. Minor conversations produce major consequences. People think they know what is going on but it becomes clear to the reader they only have one small piece of the jigsaw - or it may be a piece of another jigsaw entirely. The prose sparkles and the dialogue convinces the reader that this could be real life on which he is able to eavesdrop. Humour - and there is a lot of it - is never cruel. Characters' follies and foibles are exposed in a way which leaves them unscarred by the experience and the reader entertained.Two stories in particular lodge in my mind; `Hey, that's me up there on the printed page!' - The narrator bemoans the fact that even though he knows many novelists and playwrights he has never featured, even heavily disguised, in their work. All his friends have done, but he has not. The story could easily have been entitled `Be careful what you wish for' as he finds out the hard way that to appear in a work of fiction is not always the best thing which can happen to an individual.The second story which I particularly enjoyed is `Off on the wrong foot'. In other hands this would have been a cruel story which could have left the reader with a nasty taste. Instead it gently shows how jokes can be carried way too far and may ultimately back-fire on their perpetrators. The author manages to avoid the pitfalls and leaves the reader feeling that justice has been served without anyone's nose being rubbed in the resulting mess.These are stories full of compassion for the human condition and the always complex ways in which human beings interact with one another. The style is approachable with some marvellous one line descriptions such as this from `Duck! Here comes Diane Arbus!' - `If Charley knew about matching colours, he kept it to himself'. Immediately this gives the reader a vivid picture of Charley without wasting a single word. Any novice short story writer would do well to study these stories.Reading the book left me with a warm feeling that there are still authors out there who love people with all their faults and who do not want to write about the unpleasant things in this world - the violence, cruelty and the sheer nastiness which is all too common these days. That said these stories are far from bland and wishy-washy and I've found they are staying in my mind long after I have finished reading them. This is a book to read and re-read to appreciate the author's writing style and the way he draws his characters - or paints them, as in the story `Rembrandt paints again'. This is a marvellous book and should be on the shelves of anyone who appreciates the short story form and good writing.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Roscoe By Roscoe M I read David Finkle's poignant "All Those Boys," and enjoyed it very much. I was enticed enough to buy his "People Tell Me Things," and I certainly am not disappointed. I know these characters (Largely, New Yorkers,) and they do live and breathe, with all their quirks, insecurities, and compulsions to tell Finkle their most intimate stories. I am sitting with him in a coffee shop, or a nice restaurant, and listening to these very interesting confessions, given without asking for or needing his advice. He gives none. He listens. They, for some reason, are compelled to spill all their beans onto David Finkle's lap. And, he tells us. Careful who you tell, especially, if he is David Finkle. Oddly, it seems as though they want to be written about. Finkle obliges them... and shares them with us. And, I'm sure there is a modicum of disappointment for them when he changes their names and alters their stories to make a better read. And, they are fun reads.
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