Some Trick

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Some Trick: Thirteen Stories
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Author Helen DeWitt
LanguageEnglish
Publisher New Directions Publishing
Publication date
29 May 2018
Publication placeUnited States
Pages224
ISBN 9780811227827

Some Trick: Thirteen Stories, published in 2018, is a short story collection by American writer Helen DeWitt. [1]

Contents

Contents

Reception

Some Trick was well received by critics, including starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. [2] [3] Kirkus noted that many of the stories illuminate "the backside or underside of creative work" and commended DeWitt's combination of "wide-ranging intellect" with humor and deeply human characters. [2] Publishers Weekly highlighted DeWitt's portrayals of "misunderstood genius" and her "disdain for those who seek to profit off of genius," and praised the collection's "astounding prose" and "thought-provoking stories." [3] The book also received reviews from The Atlantic, [4] Frieze, [5] Harper's Magazine, [6] Los Angeles Review of Books, [7] The Millions, [8] The New York Times, [9] NPR, [10] The Paris Review, [11] and SFGate . [12]

References

  1. ↑ Quinn, Annalisa (May 29, 2018). "'Some Trick' Takes On The Life Of The (Delightfully Irritable) Mind". NPR. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Some Trick". Kirkus Reviews . March 1, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Some Trick by Helen DeWitt". Publishers Weekly . March 5, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  4. ↑ Kirsch, Adam (June 25, 2018). "The Anguished Comedy of Helen DeWitt". The Atlantic. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  5. ↑ Durbin, Andrew (March 12, 2018). "Helen DeWitt's Short Stories Seek Truth in Information". Frieze. No. 194. ISSN   0962-0672 . Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ Dee, Jonathan (May 2018). "Walk Away". Harper's Magazine . Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  7. ↑ McNamara, Nathan Scott (June 8, 2018). "Everything Was a Fake". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ Ridker, Andrew (May 31, 2018). "The Life of the Mind: On Helen DeWitt's 'Some Trick'". The Millions . Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  9. ↑ Hoby, Hermione (June 1, 2018). "Mining the Madness of Pure Logic in Stories That Dazzle and Discomfit". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  10. ↑ Quinn, Annalisa (May 29, 2018). "'Some Trick' Takes On The Life Of The (Delightfully Irritable) Mind". NPR. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  11. ↑ Martin, Andrew (May 29, 2018). "Helen DeWitt Lacerates the Literary World by Andrew Martin". The Paris Review . Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  12. ↑ Miller, Gregory Leon (June 7, 2018). "'Some Trick: Thirteen Stories,' by Helen DeWitt". SF Gate . Retrieved June 29, 2025.


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