Author | T. C. Boyle |
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Language | English |
Genre | Short stories |
Publisher | Viking Adult (US) Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
Publication date | September 10, 2001 |
Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
Pages | 256 pages |
ISBN | 978-0-670-03005-7 |
After the Plague is a 2001 collection of short stories by T. C. Boyle. [1] The book was released on September 10, 2001 through Viking Adult and contains sixteen stories, some of which were previously published in The New Yorker , O. Henry Prize Stories , and The Best American Short Stories .
The collected stories range in subject matter, from the apocalyptic titular story "After the Plague" to "Peep Hall", which centers on a man discovering a website that streams live footage of a local house full of women. Other stories feature themes such as bullying and first love.
Critical reception for the collection was mostly positive. [2] [3] [4] [5] Sven Birkerts, reviewing for The New York Times , gave a mostly positive review to After the Plague, stating that he enjoyed the collection but that at times the characters overwhelm the stories and "subvert the deeper claims of the work". [6] The Guardian praised the collection, noting that "Boyle writes so beautifully that it always feels natural, never forced." [7] The Lexington Herald-Leader gave a more mixed review, opining that although the stories are "artfully woven" they are also "plagued by illogic". [8]
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