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Walks With Men
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By Ann Beattie
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Ann Beattie arrived in New York young, observant and celebrated (as The New Yorker’s young fiction star) in one of the most compelling and creative eras of recent times. So does the protagonist of her intense new novella, Walks with Men.

It is 1980 in New York City, and Jane, a valedictorian fresh out of Harvard, strikes a deal with Neil, an intoxicating writer twenty years her senior. The two quickly become lovers, living together in a Chelsea brownstone, and Neil reveals the rules for a life well lived: If you take food home from a restaurant, don’t say it’s because you want leftovers for "the dog." Say that you want the bones for "a friend who does autopsies." If you can’t stand on your head (which is best), learn to do cartwheels. Have sex in airplane bathrooms. Wear only raincoats made in England. Neil’s certainties, Jane discovers, mask his deceptions. Her true education begins.

"One of our era’s most vital masters of the short form" (The Washington Post), Beattie brilliantly captures a time, a place and a style of engagement. Her voice is original and iconic.


“All women who have thought ‘run!’ -- but did not run -- will experience this book like a familiar dream. It's full of echoes and resonant fractures, and so beguiling in its eerie simplicity. I read it twice.”
-- Miranda July, author of No One Belongs Here More Than You
NH Literary Events: June 10 - 16, 2010
Examiner.com, June 10, 2010
...603-431-2100 THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2010 - 7:00 PM One of the finest fiction writers in the country, Ann Beattie, reads from her new novella, WALKS WITH MEN MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2010 - 7:00 PM Hyatt Bass and local author Brooks Sigler read from ...
Acclaimed mystery author to visit Graves Library
York County Coast Star, June 10, 2010
...April 2011, so this is a rare chance for mystery fans to get a sneak peak. Next month, Ann Beattie one of the most celebrated and critically acclaimed authors of her generation will be at Graves Library at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 11, to read ...
Ann Beattie reads her novel Walks With Men at Harvard Book Store
Boston Globe, June 9, 2010
...In Ann Beatties new fiction, Walks With Men, her character Neil advises: If you take food home from a restaurant, dont say its because you want leftovers for the dog. Say that you want the bones ...
A novella approach
Boston Globe, June 9, 2010
...In Ann Beattie ’s new fiction, “Walks With Men,’’ her character Neil advises: “If you take food home from a restaurant, don’t say it’s because you want leftovers for ‘the ...
Ann Beattie, Reliving of a Time of Fame
New York Times, June 8, 2010
...YORK, Me. Thirty-five years ago, Ann Beattie was the most popular and admired writer of her generation. Every other week, it seemed, she had a story in The New Yorker. Her novel “Chilly Scenes of Winter ...
In ‘Walks With Men,’ Ann Beattie Returns to the ’80s
New York Times, June 7, 2010
...YORK, Me. Thirty-five years ago, Ann Beattie was the most popular and admired writer of her generation. Every other week, it seemed, she had a story in The New Yorker. Her novel Chilly Scenes of Winter ...
Book Review - Walks With Men - By Ann Beattie
New York Times, June 5, 2010
...When I arrived in New York in 1980, Ann Beattie was, for many young aspiring fictionists, one of the two most influential writers in the country, the other one being Raymond Carver. Beatties influence, and her rumored proximity, seemed ...
Hello to All That
New York Times, June 5, 2010
...When I arrived in New York in 1980, Ann Beattie was, for many young aspiring fictionists, one of the two most influential writers in the country, the other one being Raymond Carver. Beatties influence, and her rumored proximity, seemed ...
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