Because They Wanted To

'A perfectly formed set of stories about alienation in modern times' Independent 'Mesmerizing — almost ecstatic' The New York Times

Mary Gaitskill's coolly compelling, quietly devastating stories explore the messy complexity of relationships between lovers, families and friends. An unsettling encounter on a plane; a tentative affair between an older woman and a younger man; the chasm between a father and his daughter: each expresses our longing for, and our fear of, human connection.

• Author
• Mary Gaitskill

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 256

• Series
• Penguin Modern Classics

• Publisher
• Penguin Classics

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-241-46414-4

• EAN
• 9780241464144

• Release date
• 2020