In the Shadow of the Architect
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Publishing:15th Sep '26
£14.99
This title is due to be published on 15th September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Coalescing around themes of family and belonging, the past's influence on the present, and the ways we define ourselves, these stories show us people forced to grapple with who they are—and who they could become. A closeted teenager learns from the nude model in his life-drawing class what it might mean to be a gay man in Fort Worth. A lifestyle blogger looking to expand her influence hires a photographer whose work destabilizes her family. A boy finds friendship in the precocious daughter of a recently deceased architect whose fame and force of personality continue to dominate their lives. In Bradley Bazzle's deft hands, these characters—on the cusp of change, willingly or not—discover truths about themselves, some of which they might regret learning.
"Bazzle leads the reader on a treasure hunt of the secret corners, angles, scaffolding, and foundations that make a life a life. These stories reveal the imprints of the past on the present, as Bazzle's always-searching characters excavate memories, longings, regrets, and wonder through the trajectory of their messy and fascinating lives." - Joanna Luloff, author of The Beach at Galle Road: Stories from Sri Lanka
"I love these stories, though I have to confess that short fiction is my great love—especially when, like Bradley Bazzle's stories, they are capacious yet stylistically fleet, when they ripple with tension from the first sentence or two, and wherein ghosts and memories and desires flit around like the shadows of birds. If Bazzle were an architect and these stories were buildings, you'd find yourself in one of those dream houses with endless rooms, some revealing glorious surprises, some with doors you wish you hadn't opened, and some, you discover, you hadn't really left." - Reginald McKnight, author of The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas
ISBN: 9780299361143
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 454g
202 pages