A review by dilan11
Twilight of the Superheroes: Stories by Deborah Eisenberg
5.0
I loved a few of these stories - "Some Other Better Otto," "Like it or Not," "Window." The opening story "Twilight of the Superheroes" baffled me a little. I think that reading about 9/11 particularly for a New Yorker is hard.
I've heard Eisenberg compared to Alice Munro and in the complexity of character, the fine attention to detail that's true. But Eisenberg's characters are different - more urban, sophisticated, self-aware. Definitely a collection I will want to read again.
"Window" has to be one of my favorite stories of all time. There are so many predictable ways this story could have gone. And yet Eisenberg chooses an ending that is completely unexpected and yet rings absolutely true.
I've heard Eisenberg compared to Alice Munro and in the complexity of character, the fine attention to detail that's true. But Eisenberg's characters are different - more urban, sophisticated, self-aware. Definitely a collection I will want to read again.
"Window" has to be one of my favorite stories of all time. There are so many predictable ways this story could have gone. And yet Eisenberg chooses an ending that is completely unexpected and yet rings absolutely true.