Twenty Grand: And Other Tales of Love and Money

In this dazzling literary debut, Rebecca Curtis displays the gifts that make her one of the most talented writers of her generation. Her characters--young women struggling to find happiness, love, success, security, and adventure--wait tables, run away from home, fall for married men, betray their friends, and find themselves betrayed as well.

In "Hungry Self," a young waitress descends into the basement of a seemingly ordinary Chinese restaurant; in "Twenty Grand," a young wife tries to recover her lost fortune; in "Monsters," one family's paranoia leads to a sacrifice; and in "The Witches," an innocent swim on prom night proves more dangerous than anyone could have imagined. With elegant prose and a wicked sense of humor, these stories reveal Curtis's provocative and uncompromising view of life, one that makes her writing so poignant and irresistible.

Author: Rebecca Curtis
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 07/03/2007
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780061173097
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist
Award: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/23/2007 pg. 29
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2007 pg. 465
New York Times 07/15/2007 pg. 7
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2007 pg. 12

About the Author
Curtis, Rebecca: -

Rebecca Curtis's writing has appeared in The New Yorker, including its debut fiction issue, as well as in Harper's, McSweeney's, and n+1. She is a recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, and her work has been selected for The O. Henry Prize Stories. She teaches in the graduate writing program at Columbia University.